[Zope] directory layout

[John Poltorak]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 12:00:06PM -0800, Dennis Allison wrote:
> ftp sees the Zope ZOOB as a file system.  All the usual ftp commands
> work.  You can move to a directory with `cd', list the directory contents 
> wit `dir', copy a file from the directory with `get' and insert a file
> into the directory with a `put'.  

I have to wonder if I am living in some parllel universe....

This is what I get when I type help:-

230 Login successful.
help
214-The following commands are recognized
        abor    abort operation
        cdup    change to parent of current working directory
        cwd     change working directory
        help    give help information
        list    give list files in a directory
        mdtm    show last modification time of file
        mode    obsolete - set file transfer mode
        nlst    give name list of files in directory
        noop    do nothing
        pass    specify password
        pasv    prepare for server-to-server transfer
        port    specify data connection port
        pwd     print the current working directory
        quit    terminate session
        rest    restart incomplete transfer
        rnfr    rename from
        size    return size of file
        stor    store a file
        stru    obsolete - set file transfer structure
        syst    show operating system type of server system
        type    specify data transfer type
        user    specify user name
        xpwd    print the current working directory
214


This is not the 'usual' set of ftp commands. There is no cd, dir, get or put.


Are we talking about the same FTP server I wonder.... This is part of 
Zope 2.6.2b3 accessed by FTPing to port 8021 on the server.

 
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'm trying to get the hang of Zope's FTP and am making slow (but steady) 
> > progress...
> > 
> > What I have no idea about is the way the server presents objects to the 
> > client via what must be some sort of virtual file system.
> > 
> > Assuming I have a user called manager on a site called plone1, I seem to 
> > get as far as
> > 
> > /plone1/Members/manager
> > 
> > but no command shows me what is in this directory. How do I find out what 
> > is there?


-- 
John