Re: sftp rename not good.

[Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams%sun.com@localhost>]

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 06:19:16PM -0600, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
> At 05:35 PM 5/13/2003, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >If the client doesn't care, then the semantics of rename should be upto
> >the server (within some parameters? which parameters?).
> >
> >But I think the client cares, or, rather, this user cares :) :)
> 
> Well, actually, I agree with you, and you've made my point.  The client
> doesn't care, but the user does.  And a user on a VMS system will expect
> to see things done the way VMS does things, just as a user on a UNIX
> system will expect to see things done with way UNIX does things.  So, if
> the functionality is left up to the server, it accomplishes that quick
> nicely.

Quite convincing.  I'm afraid that scripted clients may nonetheless need
to know what semantics are implemented on the server side, or at least
what platform it is.  But overall I agree with you, let the server do as
it will, and possibly, give the client a hint.

Cheers,

Nico
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