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authorfenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>1999-02-03 20:43:29 +0000
committerfenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>1999-02-03 20:43:29 +0000
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Warn about collapsing multiple slashes into 1 in ftp URL's.
Look at the FTP_PASSIVE_MODE environment variable like the man page says. PR: bin/9464 Submitted by: John A. Shue <John.Shue@symmetron.com> Add references to RFC's 1790, 959, 850. PR: doc/6564
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: fetch.1,v 1.26 1998/12/08 13:00:48 cracauer Exp $
+.\" $Id: fetch.1,v 1.27 1999/01/15 16:56:22 wollman Exp $
.Dd January 15, 1999
.Dt FETCH 1
.Os FreeBSD 3.1
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ URL's, a username and password may be specified, using the syntax
If the path is to be absolute, as opposed to relative to the user's
home directory, it must start with %2F, as in
.Li ftp://root:mypass@localhost/%2Fetc/passwd .
+.Nm Fetch
+condenses multiple slashes in an
+.Tn ftp
+URL into a single slash; literal multiple slashes translate to an
+.Tn ftp
+protocol error.
.Sh PROXY SERVERS
Many sites use application gateways (``proxy servers'') in their
firewalls in order to allow communication across the firewall using a
@@ -326,6 +332,27 @@ connection.
.%O RFC 2068
.%D January 1997
.Re
+.Rs
+.%A T. Berners-Lee
+.%A L. Masinter
+.%A M. McCahill
+.%T "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)"
+.%O RFC 1738
+.%D December 1994
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%A J. Postel
+.%A J.K. Reynolds
+.%T "File Transfer Protocol"
+.%O RFC 959 / STD 9
+.%D October 1985
+.Re
+.Rs
+.%A M.R. Horton
+.%T "Standard for interchange of USENET messages."
+.%O RFC 850
+.%D June 1983
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm fetch
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