Bug 11381

Summary: Inconsistent behaviour of wget with Microsoft ftp servers
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: st
Component: wgetAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Version: 6.2CC: rvokal, satan
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Description st 2000-05-12 09:08:00 UTC 
Trying to mirror localy ftp directories from ftp servers operating under
Microsoft FTP version 3.0, with the command:
wget -N ftp://ftpserver/path/*
most of times wget fails saying "No matches on pattern `*'.". But one time
of every ten or more attempts it works ok, and it can interpret correctly
the directory listing received.

I thing you could reproduce such behaviour with:
wget -N ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/*
Comment 1 SB 2000-06-06 17:44:47 UTC 
Wget is fine the inconsistency in Microsoft Internet Information Server's
FTP service which does not allow file globbing (using wildcards to select
multiple files)  Here is a quote from wget's manpage that explains the
behaviour:
       -g on/off --glob=on/off
              Turn FTP globbing on or off. By default, globbing will be 
              turned on if the URL contains a globbing characters  (an  
              asterisk, e.g.). Globbing means you may use the special 
              characters (wildcards) to retrieve more files from the same 
              directory  at  once,  like  wget  ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/*.msg.
              Globbing currently works only on UNIX FTP servers.

Hope that explains it,

-Stan Bubrouski