Re: Net::FTP - syntax with username containing /

This doesn't have anything to do with Net::FTP I think. I've had a look at the I-Spy-Script, and the part you have to modify there would be:

sub ParseURL
{
  my($url)= shift;
  my($protocol, $site, $login, $password);

  $url=~ /^(\w+):\/*([^\/]+)\/(.*)$/; # chunk the URL components
  $protocol= uc($1);        # preserve matches in real variables
  $site= $2;
  $path= $3;

  if ($site=~ /\@/)
  {                # check for the optional login field
    ($login, $site)= split("\@", $site);
    ($login, $password)=    # check for the optional password field
      split(":", $login);

    return($protocol, $site, $login, $password, $path);
  }
  else
  {                # no account information
    return($protocol, $site, "", "", $path);
  }
}
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Because there the URL gets splitted into different parts which is given to Net::FTP via CheckViaFTP.
Simply modifiy the split-part and use another char than / to split it. If you don't know how to do that, post a reply here . (I'm short of time at the moment...)

giant

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Re: Net::FTP - syntax with username containing / by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jul 04, 2002 at 14:24 UTC
If you are going to modify the above subroutine, you'd be better off to leave the URL as is, and do a URI decode on the username and password. (Perhaps also on the path, but I don't know how that's used in the rest of the program). Then escape the slash in the username with `%2F`. Abigail	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::FTP - syntax with username containing / by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2002 at 21:29 UTC
OK, I'm ready to admit defeat in trying to modify the separator regex: `$url=~ /^(\w+):\/([^\/]+)\/(.)$/;` [download] The way I'm reading this is: between `/^(\w+)` is $protocol, between `\/([^\/]+)` is $site, and `\/(.)$` is $path. So, based on the above, if I use a comma separator for the $site portion, the line should look like: `$url=~ /^(\w+):\/([^\/]+),(.)$/;` [download] and the appropriate line in my text file looks like: ftp://XX/yyyy@123.456.789.012,/ However, when I then run the script, I get several "uninitalized value" errors, one for the pattern match ($site=~ /\@/), one for a line trying to use $host, the other for a line trying to use $path. Just for kicks, I tried substituting a comma wherever there was \/, but I got minor variations on the above errors. I also tried substituting \; , but that didn't seem to make a difference. So, any help appreciated - if I can learn something about regexs today I will be happy. Thanks, Glenn	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Net::FTP - syntax with username containing / by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2002 at 21:37 UTC
Sorry, just realized the contents of the file should be: ftp://XX/yyyy:password@hostname,/ Thanks, Glenn	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::FTP - syntax with username containing / by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2002 at 17:50 UTC
Whoops. I confused myself, as the syntax in the file is similar to Internet Explorer's ftp syntax - brain fart. My bad, thanks for the help. Glenn	[reply]