Re: lynx-dev An ftp browsing bug

[Roozbeh Pournader]

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.

--Roozbeh