[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven M. Schweda) writes: >> [...] I for one would prefer Wget to be smarter and try to download >> dot files by default, without the user's intervention. > > Given the variability in FTP servers (even among UNIX FTP servers) I > don't see how this could be done reliably.
I hoped that EPLF (http://cr.yp.to/ftp/list/eplf.html) was better-supported among today's FTP servers or that an equivalent proposal exists and is widely implemented. (Being "smarter" referred to trying EPLF first and falling back to LIST if that failed.) Unfortunately I cannot find any confirmation for this. It is hard to believe that the best today's FTP servers have to offer to the client is the necessity of sending "-l" and the necessity of parsing the Unix directory listing. > I think that an option like "--ftp-list-opts=xxx" (where "LIST xxx" > is used in ftp_list() instead of plain "LIST") would be less likely > to cause trouble for the casual user. So do I, which is why I provided (a variant of) it for those who need it right now.
