On Thu, 14 Apr 1994 10:53:14 EDT A. Harry Williams said: >I'm sure others will disagree, but since you're in for the penny, why not >have FTPSERVE also perform the '_' for '-' substitution also? That want >XYZ-L stores its logs in XYZ_L, but if I FTP into UBVM, I can type >CD XYZ-L, and FTPSERVE gets the info from XYZ_L instead? While I can >understand the arguments against it, it does have the least astonishment >factor for novice users. ...I started to look into this, and it is not all that simple :-( If the user is at the root directory, and issues a DIR, then that display will show objects like "VM_UTIL". If I modify the display, I have to make sure they are doing a DIR of SFS (and not minidisk). Then, what if the user wants to CD to user-id(.191), when the current dir is SFS....gets pretty messy. Perhaps a comprimise would be to set the default working dir for anonymous to be that of LISTSERV's root, so that a sample novice user login might look like this: ftp ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu VM TCP/IP FTP V2R2 Connecting to UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU 128.205.2.1, port 21 220-FTPSERVE IBM VM V2R3 at UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu, 14:51:12 EDT FRIDAY 04/15/94 220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes. USER (identify yourself to the host): anonymous >>>USER anonymous 331 Send your local userid instead of password for identification, please Password: >>>PASS ******** 230-ANONYMOU logged in; working directory = ANONYMOU 191 230-Welcome to the Univerity at Buffalo's ANONYMOUS FTP (version 2.2). 230- 230-To see a list of file directories available, issue the DIR command. 230-Each entry on the disk represents a LISTSERV filelist supported on 230-UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu. An empty DIR represents work in progress. 230-Files named LISTSERV.listname are on SFS directories, and are accessed 230-via: CD ACSSFS:LISTSERV.listname. 230- 230-NOTE: To get these mods to Anonymous FTP, use CD FTP220. 230- 230-For more info, get the file UBVMANON README in the current directory. 230 Command: cd acssfs:listserv. >>>CWD acssfs:listserv. 250 SFS working directory is ACSSFS:LISTSERV.. Command: dir >>>PORT 128,205,2,1,150,194 200 Port request OK. >>>LIST 125 List started OK JIMTEST DIR - - - 4/12/94 9:16:01 - TEST_DIR DIR - - - 4/15/94 11:21:35 - GIS_L DIR - - - 4/15/94 14:48:12 - LANWORKS DIR - - - 4/15/94 14:48:20 - 250 List completed successfully. Command: cd gis_l >>>CWD gis_l 250 SFS working directory is ACSSFS:LISTSERV.GIS_L. Command: dir >>>PORT 128,205,2,1,151,163 200 Port request OK. >>>LIST 125 List started OK GIS-L DBINDEX V 223 3061 71 4/15/94 14:51:52 - GIS-L DBNAMES F 80 12 1 4/15/94 14:51:53 - GIS-L DIGEST V 88 2127 20 4/15/94 14:51:50 - GIS-L LOG9402A V 471 13039 142 4/15/94 14:52:21 - GIS-L LOG9402B V 143 12235 137 4/15/94 14:52:17 - GIS-L LOG9402C V 318 11768 129 4/15/94 14:52:14 - GIS-L LOG9402D V 451 10508 118 4/15/94 14:52:12 - GIS-L LOG9403A V 633 12501 140 4/15/94 14:52:09 - GIS-L LOG9403B V 644 10319 112 4/15/94 14:52:06 - GIS-L LOG9403C V 673 10814 117 4/15/94 14:52:04 - GIS-L LOG9403D V 625 12704 136 4/15/94 14:52:02 - GIS-L LOG9403E V 336 2915 33 4/15/94 14:51:59 - GIS-L LOG9404A V 237 14269 155 4/15/94 14:51:58 - GIS-L LOG9404B V 220 9879 109 4/15/94 14:51:55 - GIS-L LOG9404C V 88 2158 23 4/15/94 14:51:51 - GIS-L SUBJECTS V 110 42 1 4/15/94 14:51:50 - 250 List completed successfully. Command: cd .. >>>CWD .. 250 SFS working directory is ACSSFS:LISTSERV.. Command: dir >>>PORT 128,205,2,1,151,164 200 Port request OK. >>>LIST 125 List started OK JIMTEST DIR - - - 4/12/94 9:16:01 - TEST_DIR DIR - - - 4/15/94 11:21:35 - GIS_L DIR - - - 4/15/94 14:48:12 - LANWORKS DIR - - - 4/15/94 14:48:20 - 250 List completed successfully. Command: quit >>>QUIT 221 Quit command received. Goodbye. tksspr; T=0.33/0.45 14:53:24 Sound OK? Steve ([log in to unmask] | [log in to unmask] | (716)645-3564)