RE: FTP question

Hey Roger


I don't know which system the FTP "standards" come from. In any case, "pwd" and its cousin "lpwd" are display-only, "cd" and "lcd" will change something - and display what you changed it to.


The 7.4 documentation does not say what happens if you use only "cd" - I recommend using "pwd" to see where you are, not "cd", I don't like using things that actually take an action when all I want is to look.


Cheers
Vern


On Fri, 2 Jun, 2023 at 4:49 PM, Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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"cd" harkens back to MS-DOS.

"pwd" harkens from *NIX.

Despite many years on UNIX & AIX, I still used the "cd" versions on IBM.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power


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Subject: Re: FTP question

I have never used lcd without a parameter, either - it means "local
change directory", so it is changing directory on the client. If I want
to know what directory I am in locally, I use lpwd - local present
working directory.

To do the same on the server, just use the same functions without the
leading "l" - cd and pwd.

Cheers
Vern

On 6/2/2023 3:09 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Hello Thomas,

Am 02.06.2023<http://02.06.2023> um 02:24 schrieb Thomas Burrows <thomas.burrows.1957@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:thomas.burrows.1957@xxxxxxxxx>>:

ftp> lcd
*Local directory now C:\Users\Thomas Burrows\Desktop\Subfile_Code.*

Not sure what lcd without any parameter is supposed to do. I think, it's merely printing your current working directory so you know "where you are". Thus, probably not needed.

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