[Zope] RBrowser (Mac OS X) FTP client converts all objects to DTML Documents

Itai Tavor itai@optusnet.com.au
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:26:32 +1000


Thanks for the suggestion. You're right - it renames the original 
file, uploads a new one and then deletes the old copy. I checked a 
different client and that one simply issues a STOR command. I emailed 
the author a request to change this behavior.

Thanks again

Itai

>Have a look at the ZServer logs, and see what it's doing. I'm guessing
>that it's deleting the object, then creating it again, when writing it
>out.
>
>Anthony
>
>>>>  Itai Tavor wrote
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  I'm using an FTP client called RBrowser in Mac OS X. When I update
>>  any Zope object with this client (DTML Method, Python Script) it gets
>>  converted to a DTML Document. I remember that this used to be a Zope
>>  problem, but that it was fixed, and indeed all other FTP clients I
>>  tried don't have this problem. So obviously this is a problem with
>>  this specific client.
>>
>>  Can someone please describe what an FTP client needs to do - or not
>>  do - in order to be compatible with Zope, so I can forward this
>>  information to RBrowser's author and get him to fix the problem?
>>
>  > TIA, Itai

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