Re: lynx-dev An ftp browsing bug

[dickey]

> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Philip Webb wrote: 
>  
> > > Try to point it to  ftp://ftp.mcafee.com  and then browse further. 
> > > It cannot find the right boundaries of directory name 
> > > and tries to browse into things like: 
> > > ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/7PM%20%20%20%20.... 
> >  
> > there's a misformed HREF: 
> >  
> > <A 
> > HREF="/foo/../7PM%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3CDIR%3E%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pu
> >  
> > +b" 
> > >7PM       <DIR>          pub</A> 
> >  
> > probably, you should take it up with the site management. 
>  
> Sorry, but does the FTP daemon pass an HTML file to lynx, or the lynx 
> creates it himself? If lynx creates the HTML, it is lynx's bug I think. 

Lynx builds the information out of directory listings - there's a handful
of formats that are recognized.
  
> --Roozbeh 

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