[jira] [Commented] (NET-610) FTPClient.mlistFile incorrectly handles MLST reply

["Sebb (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Sebb commented on NET-610:
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Is there a public server that can be used to test any changes against?

> FTPClient.mlistFile incorrectly handles MLST reply
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: NET-610
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-610
>             Project: Commons Net
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: FTP
>    Affects Versions: 3.5
>         Environment: using some FTP-server incorrectly releasing RFC 3659. For example xlight ftp server (https://www.xlightftpd.com/)
>            Reporter: Sergey Yanzin
>              Labels: easyfix, patch
>             Fix For: 3.6
>
>   Original Estimate: 24h
>  Remaining Estimate: 24h
>
> By RFC 3659 server must start fact with space character. But some inaccurate realisations reply without starting space.
> But org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient.mlistFile() skips leading character even it is not a space:
>     public FTPFile mlistFile(String pathname) throws IOException
>     {
>         boolean success = FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(sendCommand(FTPCmd.MLST, pathname));
>         if (success){
>             String entry = getReplyStrings()[1].substring(1); // skip leading space for parser
>             return MLSxEntryParser.parseEntry(entry);
>         } else {
>             return null;
>         }
>     }
> I think it is wrong. The method should throw exception, if first character is not a space. Or does not remove starting char (and should be some option responsible for that behaviour) if it is not a space.
> my workaround in overriden method:
>     public FTPFile mlistFile(String pathname) throws IOException {
>         final boolean success = FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(sendCommand(FTPCmd.MLST, pathname));
>         if (success) {
>             final String reply = getReplyStrings()[1];
>             final String entry = reply.charAt(0) == ' ' ? reply.substring(1) : reply;
>             return MLSxEntryParser.parseEntry(entry);
>         } else {
>             return null;
>         }
>     }



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