Michael Santos writes:
> 
> Is here document functionality broken in 1.4's ftp? Running, e.g., 
> 
> ftp localhost << EOF
> ls
> cd ..
> ls 
> EOF
> 
> works fine on my 1.3.3. boxes, but errors out on my sole 1.4 box with:
> 
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> ?Invalid command.
> 221 Goodbye.
> 
> Is anybody else having this problem?

A problem similar to this was fixed in the post 1.4 tree.
Try the above with
	ftp -e localhost << EOF
	...
	EOF
and see what happens