On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 12:34:54AM +1100, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> Grey Wolf writes:
> > Would it be worthwhile to build the guts of the dir command into ftpd?
> > It would more or less make the requirement for /bin/ls obsolete.
> >
> > ...or has this already been done?
> Not yet, but it is on my list of things `to do', as part of a larger
> project to add MLST/MLSD support (from the latest IETF ftp draft).
> 
> It might happen soon, it might not. In any case, ftpd won't require
> the /bin/ls sources after that.
Errm...

But current's ftpd already doesn't need the /bin/ls *binary* anymore
since ls is linked into ftpd (AFAIK you did that change ~10 months ago).

I think this is what "Grey Wolf" was asking about.
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