Re: [Gnu-arch-users] cannot upload archive to my ISP

[Milan Cvetkovic]

James Blackwell wrote:
> In lists.arch.users, Milan Cvetkovic wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was trying to upload one exsample archive to the web space provided by 
> > "an ISP", not to name it.
> >
> > I ran into a problem which I dod not really expect. My ISP does not let 
> > me upload files starting with ".".  They use FTP for file upload, and 
> > the FTP server is apparently configured to refuse unix hidden files.
> >
> > TLA archive has a number of hidden files which need to be uploaded. Is 
> > there a way around this, short of "change ISP"?
>
>
> Two quickly come to mind. You could use scp instead of ftp

I cannot use scp or sftp, since my ISP only accepts FTP uploads for web 
area, or so they say. Anyhow, port 22 is dead on that machine.


> or you could upload somewhere else.

This sounds equivalent to "change ISP for the purposes of web hosting"

I was hoping there is a way to tell tla not to use hidden filenames in 
archive.

Milan.