Bugs item #1281692, was opened at 2005-09-04 18:30 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by jjlee You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1281692&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Matthias Klose (doko) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: urllib violates rfc 959 Initial Comment: [forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/324023] python's urllib does the following things "on the line" when retrieving a file by ftp: send(3, "PASV\r\n", 6, 0) = 6 send(3, "NLST ftp-master.debian.org\r\n", 28, 0) = 28 But RFC 959 states: This command [NLST] causes a directory listing to be sent from server to user site. The pathname should specify a directory or other system-specific file group descriptor So, according to the robustness principle, it is wrong that python aborts file transfer if the server refuses to support NLST on files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: John J Lee (jjlee) Date: 2006-02-06 01:16 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=261020 Bug 1357260 reports the same issue for both urllib and urllib2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Josiah Carlson (josiahcarlson) Date: 2005-09-08 07:18 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=341410 "The pathname should specify a directory or other system-specific file group descriptor." If the system (ftp server) does not support a particular 'file name' as a 'file group descriptor', it seems to me that the system (ftp server) is braindead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1281692&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
