Re: ftpfs and '.' and '..' directory entries

[Frank Dietrich <ABLEsoft gmx de>]

Hi Pavel,

Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Frank Dietrich wrote:
> > Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Frank Dietrich wrote:
> > > > when I access an FTP server which include in the directory
> > > > listing the '.' and '..' entries I only see the directory name.
> > > > When I change into this directory I only see the directory itself
> > > > as an infinite loop.
> Seems like this particular ftp server doesn't support passing
> arguments to the LIST command. 
> ....
> you have to turn on the 'ftpfs_first_cd_then_ls' parameter in your mc
> ini file ($HOME/.mc/ini).

I tried and this fixed the problem.

thanks very much
Frank
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