Wput v. VMS

[sms@antinode.org]

   Herr (?) Fritsch:

   A Linux user recently posed a question on comp.os.vms involving
uploads to a VMS FTP server, which might have Wput as an answer, but as
your code seems to be based on an official Wget ftp-ls.c, it probably
wouldn't work.  If you have any hope of dealing successfully with a VMS
FTP server, you might consider stealing my modified Wget code, which
does a significantly better job.

> Support for files beyond the magical 2gb border seems to be impossible
> to achieve. If someone has experiences in implementing operating-system
> independent file-access for such files, this would help wput a lot.

   Large file support is one of the major features in the next versions
of the Info-ZIP Zip and UnZip programs.  That code has not been
generally released yet, but when it is, you may find it useful. 
OS-independence is a bit much to expect, but various-OS accomodation
seems to be possible, and the Info-ZIP programs run on more system types
than I ever want to use.

   http://www.info-zip.org/

   http://www.antinode.org/dec/sw/wget.html

   If I get ambitious, I may try to build Wput on VMS.  I'll let you
know if I learn anything.

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