Date   : Fri, 21 Jun 1985 23:21:00 MDT
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: New FTP server up on SIMTEL20

SIMTEL20 is now running a new version of the CMU TOPS-20 FTP server.
The major enhancement which will be important to most users is one
which (indirectly) makes multiple file transfers easier in some cases.

One problem (particularly with originating Unix systems) was that an
mget would return a list of files with fully qualified TOPS-20
pathname prefixes, which in turn would be the way those files were
created on disk (i.e. the Unix filenames would contain the entire
TOPS-20 path prefix).  While this is merely annoying on Berkeley 4.2
systems, this is a real problem with 4.1 systems (and perhaps others),
which have shorter file names and can lose some of the name
information.

Due to the new enhancements to the FTP server, a CWD command may now
be issued to connect the user to the desired MICRO:<CPM.*> directory
(with or without a password), so that the file list that FTP retrieves
for a multiple file transfer will not contain the entire directory
path (just the filenames).  If no password is supplied at the time the
CWD command is issued, no "owner access" is granted to the target
directory, and files are only accessible according to their individual
file protections (in the case of the MICRO:<CPM.*> directories, this
translates to read-only access).  If a password is supplied, full
owner access is granted to the target directory.

Many thanks to Vince Fuller of CMU for the new FTP server.

--Keith