Re: Using zftp with a non-standard port

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Peter Stephenson wrote:
> Clint Adams wrote:
> > >   host:port
> > 
> > I seem to recall the colon causing problems for IPv6 users.  Not sure
> > what ever became of that.
> 
> You're right, it'll need more checking because colons are part of the IP
> address.   That's quite nasty.

RFC2732 has been brought to my attention, which suggests for URIs:

http://[FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210]:80/index.html

so we would have something like:

zfopen '[FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210]:21'

It's not backwardly compatible, but literal IPv6 addresses are currently
so rare that this might be a good time to make sure they don't break
anything.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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