Re: [Tcllib-devel] ::ftp::Put patch for STOU and STOT

[Andreas K. <and...@ac...>]

> hi,

> I've just submitted a patch to sf.net related
> to the ftp module. It makes ::ftp::Put command
> to use STOU whenever you don't specify a name
> for the remote file

I would make that dependent on an option, say '-unique'. The standard behaviour
for a missing remote file name is to use the name of the local file. Changing
this seems to me a good way of tripping anybody depending on that. ... I don't
remember, that might be the documented behaviour as well. Making the case for an
option stronger.

> and add a -hylafax option in
> order to use ::ftp::Put to properly work with an
> HylaFax server too.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=312883&aid=1592656&g
> roup_id=12883
>
> Any comments?

The functionality behind the -hylafax option, this STOT (Store Temp) command,
seems to be generic enough to me that I would name the option -temp or similar.
I.e. at the level of a library like ftp make the option describe its general
use and functionality, and not what special application you created it for.
There might be other apps than just hylafax's ftp server who understand STOT.
While I do not know any (yet) it would seem very weird to use

	ftp::Put -hylafax ...

and the application on the other side is FOO, and not hylafax.

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