[lug] wget question

[D. Stimits]

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> >   wget -O - ftp://user:mypasswd@machine1/../README
> > --10:05:02--  ftp://user:xxxxxxxx@machine1:21/README
> 
> The two above are the same thing, except for the null operation of "cd
> ..". The null operation I believe is returning a message that wget takes
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One expansion on this...the ".." is a null operation if you are at the
virtual root of the filesystem. I believe the ftp operation via wget
without the "//" in front tells the system that the home directory (of
the syntax used above) is the virtual root, even if it isn't the real
root of the filesystem as a whole.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com