This is against 6.1.98, the snapshot released March 4th. ncftp exits immediately when entering an 8 bit character, like fxe or '
I've changed ncftp-3.0beta21-4 to return 8 bit chars. If you can test could you please drop me (jbj) a note and I'll send you a copy of the "fixed" ncftp rpm? Otherwise, Red Hat 6.2 will ship with the above patch. Thanks.