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Date:	Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:02:22 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ftp.exe local dir ?

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> There's nothing that says the client commands have to match the protocol commands.

Well, I suppose they could all be in Polish. Or how about Reverse
Polish?

> >I figured maybe, just maybe, somebody had slimed it in.
>
> If it was slimed in, I would not assume it was documented,
> even with the ? command. You might try
>
> lcd [ directory ]
> Change the working directory on the local machine. If
> no directory is specified, the user's home directory is
> used.
>
> which is what unix clients and the 32-bit TCP apps implement, but
> I'm pretty sure it's not available on the client you are using.

I need ldir. ftp.exe does support lcd.

I did try a bunch of mnemonics (ldir, ldr, whatever) but none were
recognized. I even opened ftp.exe in EPM but couldn't find a mnemonic
table since the thing looks like it was attacked by LXLITE.

- Peter

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