ftplib two server "proxy" support

gcash gcash at luncheonmeat.cfl.rr.com
Sat Nov 9 00:57:48 EST 2002


Andrew Markebo <andrew.markebo at telia.com> writes:

> / gcash <gcash at luncheonmeat.cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> | Is there anyone who's done support for the 2 server model of the FTP
> | RFC-959, the thing that most UNIX FTP clients call "PROXY" ??
> |
> | I'm talking about Figure 2 in Section 2.3 of RFC-959 and *NOT* a firewall
> | or other type of intermediate proxy.
> 
> When reading the ftplib source of Python 2.2 I find a function ftpcp
> that seems to do this..

WOW! I totally missed that... thank you VERY much.  I though I'd gone
through that code with a fine-tooth comb, but evidently not.

-gc

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