Re: 'nother ftpget gotcha...

Hi Dave,

>The reason was that the file length is so large, it runs into the group
>name and so cuts down the number of columns by one. :-(

>drwxr-xr-x 7 bry ccu 1024 Feb 2 01:20 expect
>-rw-r--r-- 1 root computing2082336 Jul 6 1996 files.ls-alR
>drwxr-xr-x 19 bry ccu 1024 Jan 9 01:21 hpux

>The "offending" entry is the middle one - ftpget just returns it verbatim,
>so Joe Luser can't "point 'n' click" to download said file. This can be
>seen here:

>ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/

Aren't group names limited to 8 characters like usernames? Maybe you should
mail root@anu.edu.au and tell them to fix it.

Regards, Adam.
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