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On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 03:49:47PM +0000, Mark Fowler wrote:
> FTP> mv foo bar
> mv: no such command.
>
> I mean. What The Hell? Has no one thought it might be an idea to add
> this? How difficult can it be? I've yet to find an operating system
> that runs FTP and can't move files.
>
> Or has someone added this while I haven't been paying attention and
> decided to call it something other than 'mv'? I'm not sure which would be
> worse.
>
> How hard can it be?
Not very hard. However, FTP is a relatively old program and it was not
developed specifically for Unix. The commands are typically the same
among CLI clients, and if you read the 2.10 BSD manual (1985):
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftp&manpath=2.10+BSD
rename [ from ] [ to ]
Rename the file from on the remote machine, to the file to.
If you are using a more recent BSD, you can fake it with a .netrc file:
# cat >>~/.netrc
default login anonymous password user@site
macdef mv
rename $1 $2
^D
# ftp ftp.foobar.com
$ mv foo bar
quit
Notice the "$ " in the command line. That is necessary to use the macro.
I think it's easier to just remember that in FTP the command is "rename".
Cheers,
Ben
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