dutchcoders / dutchcoders/goftp
walk does not work on certain server
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- Go
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Description
The walk function works correctly on server with standard behaviour.
for example ftp://bo.mirror.garr.it/
It outputs line formatted like this
```
modify=20081125111318;perm=adfr;size=24;type=OS.unix=symlink;unique=FE0BU200059DA;UNIX.group=0;UNIX.mode=0777;UNIX.owner=0; linux
```
But certain servers ( like ftp://ftp.packardbell.com/ ) produces output like this:
```
-rw-r--r-- 1 aokur (?) 17 Jan 5 2010 fcheck.js
```
Looking at _func (ftp *FTP) List(path string)_ I see that you first try to use _MLSD_ and if it don't work fall back to _LIST_
There are some other command that produce output more parsable than LIST.
like NLST or EPLF
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Research direction
Start at _func (ftp *FTP) List(path string)_ and trace the MLSD fallback to LIST handling. Compare the cited MLSD output with the Unix-style LIST output from ftp.packardbell.com, then investigate whether NLST or EPLF provides the needed information. Done means walk can handle the affected server format without breaking standard FTP listings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100