Re: libfetch ftp patch for less latency

The mainframe (z/OS) FTP server does not allow multiple
"directories" in CWD command.

This is due to the mapping of "directories" to flat file names
in the z/OS dataset-name convention.

So - while I can say:

ftp> cd RIVERS
ftp> cd TEST
ftp> cd OBJ

which results in the current working "directory" being
RIVERS.TEST.OBJ. I cannot say

ftp> cd RIVERS/TEST/OBJ

But, I _could_ say:

ftp> cd RIVERS.TEST.OBJ


So - on "different" systems where the idea of "directory" has to
be mapped onto a foreign filesystem, you can get interesting
results.

This may or may-not matter... I was just citing an example.


- Dave Rivers -

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