FTP command
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... particular, the terms "reply", "user", "NVFS" (Network Virtual File
System), "file", "pathname", "FTP commands", "DTP" (data transfer
process), "user-FTP process ...
... ABNF, string literals are case insensitive. That
convention is preserved in this document, and implies that FTP
commands added by this specification have names that can be
represented in any case. That is, "MDTM" is the same as "mdtm",
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Various FTP commands take pathnames as arguments, or return pathnames
in responses. When the MLST command is supported, as indicated in
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... Unless otherwise specified, the pathname is terminated by the CRLF
that terminates the FTP command, or by the CRLF that ends a reply.
Any trailing spaces preceding that CRLF ...
... 3] defines the format and meaning of replies by the
server-PI to FTP commands from the user-PI. Those reply conventions
are used here without change.
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... not permitted. Implementors should assume that, unless stated to the
contrary, any reply to any FTP command (including QUIT) may use the
multi-line format described in [3].
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... CRLF
As with all FTP commands, the "MDTM" command label is interpreted in
a case-insensitive ...
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The FTP command, SIZE OF FILE (SIZE), is used to obtain the transfer
size of a file from the server-FTP process ...
... restart sending the file, it needs to be able to determine how
much data was previously sent, and correctly received and saved. A
new FTP command is needed to get this information. This is the
purpose of the SIZE command, as documented in section 4.
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The TVFS feature adds no new commands to the FTP command repertoire.
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Implementation note: The permissions are described here as they apply
to FTP commands. They may not map easily into particular
permissions available on the server's operating system. Servers
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... independent. Clients may issue this command in any case, or
combination of cases, they desire. This is the case for all FTP
commands.
C> MlsD
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... Impact on Other FTP Commands ...
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Along with the introduction of MLST, traditional FTP commands must be
extended to allow for the use of more than US-ASCII [1 ...