FTP port ?

[Dave Cragg]

At 1:25 pm -0700 15/4/02, Jan Schenkel wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I seem to have run into a snag with RR and its
>internet features.
>
>I'm trying to build a remote text file editor, and
>part of the interface will be a browser allowing
>people to edit certain files on a remote server.
>
>Therefor, I need to download a filelist of a directory
>on a remote server via FTP.
>Hence I used:
>
>   put URL "ftp://<name>:<paswd>@<server-url>:3001/"
>into fld "Browser"
>
>As you can see, the ftp-server runs on a different
>port than the standard port, and somehow RR deems that
>quite unfunny, as the result is:
>
>   error not a valid port
>
>When I use a different ftp-client, I can acces files
>and folders at that port on that server, so that's not
>the issue.
>
>Is this a limitation / bug and (perhaps more
>important) is there a way to circumvent this ?

Unfortunately, it's a current limitation for ftp urls. Only the 
standard ftp port is supported. The only way get round this right now 
is to edit the libUrl library script directly.

Alternative ports for ftp should be supported in a future release.

Cheers
Dave Cragg
(Current libUrl caretaker)