> This may be old hat, but it has bitten me again recently and
> I am surprised this bug is allowed to live.
>
> Running SunOS 4.1.4
>
> ftp from SunOS machine A to any other machine B.
>
> cd remote directory
>
> lcd to any random directory NOT the directory that contains
> the file you wish to upload.
>
> put /absolute/path/to/file
>
> This will *ERASE* the file on machine A!
This didn't work on a SunOS 4.1.4 (sun sparc 1).
The file is still there after some different ftp to other machines as you
decribed.
>
> Homer
>
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Regards.
-fm