>Number:         9922
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /usr/bin/ftp not recognising pipe as filename
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 18 00:08:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Geoff C. Wing
>Release:        20000418
>Organization:
Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>     Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/
Rxvt Stuff : <gcw@rxvt.org>      Ego URL : http://pobox.com/~gcw/
Zsh Stuff  : <gcw@zsh.org>       Phone   : (Australia) 0413 431 874
>Environment:
System: NetBSD c.primenet.com.au 1.4X NetBSD 1.4X (C) #0: Tue Apr 18 14:59:59 EST 2000 mason@c.primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/C i386


>Description:
	% ftp
	ftp> dir |less
	229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||65438|)
	150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
	226 Transfer complete.
	<...cos I don't have a file called ``|less''...> 
	ftp> dir . |less
	<...works as expected...>

	IIRC, the first invocation should do what the second one does.
	Also man page says:
	....
	FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS
	Files specified as arguments to ftp commands are processed according to
	the following rules.

	1.   If the file name `-' is specified, the stdin (for reading) or stdout
	     (for writing) is used.

	2.   If the first character of the file name is `|', the remainder of the
	     argument is interpreted as a shell command.
	....

>How-To-Repeat:
	As above.
>Fix:
	?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: