1 | package LWP::Protocol::ftp;
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2 |
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3 | # Implementation of the ftp protocol (RFC 959). We let the Net::FTP
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4 | # package do all the dirty work.
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5 |
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6 | use Carp ();
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7 |
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8 | use HTTP::Status ();
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9 | use HTTP::Negotiate ();
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10 | use HTTP::Response ();
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11 | use LWP::MediaTypes ();
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12 | use File::Listing ();
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13 |
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14 | require LWP::Protocol;
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15 | @ISA = qw(LWP::Protocol);
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16 |
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17 | use strict;
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18 | eval {
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19 | package LWP::Protocol::MyFTP;
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20 |
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21 | require Net::FTP;
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22 | Net::FTP->require_version(2.00);
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23 |
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24 | use vars qw(@ISA);
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25 | @ISA=qw(Net::FTP);
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26 |
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27 | sub new {
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28 | my $class = shift;
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29 |
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30 | my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_) || return undef;
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31 |
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32 | my $mess = $self->message; # welcome message
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33 | $mess =~ s|\n.*||s; # only first line left
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34 | $mess =~ s|\s*ready\.?$||;
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35 | # Make the version number more HTTP like
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36 | $mess =~ s|\s*\(Version\s*|/| and $mess =~ s|\)$||;
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37 | ${*$self}{myftp_server} = $mess;
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38 | #$response->header("Server", $mess);
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39 |
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40 | $self;
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41 | }
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42 |
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43 | sub http_server {
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44 | my $self = shift;
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45 | ${*$self}{myftp_server};
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46 | }
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47 |
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48 | sub home {
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49 | my $self = shift;
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50 | my $old = ${*$self}{myftp_home};
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51 | if (@_) {
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52 | ${*$self}{myftp_home} = shift;
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53 | }
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54 | $old;
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55 | }
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56 |
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57 | sub go_home {
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58 | my $self = shift;
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59 | $self->cwd(${*$self}{myftp_home});
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60 | }
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61 |
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62 | sub request_count {
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63 | my $self = shift;
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64 | ++${*$self}{myftp_reqcount};
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65 | }
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66 |
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67 | sub ping {
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68 | my $self = shift;
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69 | return $self->go_home;
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70 | }
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71 |
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72 | };
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73 | my $init_failed = $@;
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74 |
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75 |
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76 | sub _connect {
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77 | my($self, $host, $port, $user, $account, $password, $timeout) = @_;
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78 |
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79 | my $key;
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80 | my $conn_cache = $self->{ua}{conn_cache};
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81 | if ($conn_cache) {
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82 | $key = "$host:$port:$user";
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83 | $key .= ":$account" if defined($account);
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84 | if (my $ftp = $conn_cache->withdraw("ftp", $key)) {
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85 | if ($ftp->ping) {
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86 | # save it again
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87 | $conn_cache->deposit("ftp", $key, $ftp);
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88 | return $ftp;
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89 | }
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90 | }
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91 | }
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92 |
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93 | # try to make a connection
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94 | my $ftp = LWP::Protocol::MyFTP->new($host,
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95 | Port => $port,
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96 | Timeout => $timeout,
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97 | LocalAddr => $self->{ua}{local_address},
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98 | );
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99 | # XXX Should be some what to pass on 'Passive' (header??)
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100 | unless ($ftp) {
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101 | $@ =~ s/^Net::FTP: //;
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102 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, $@);
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103 | }
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104 |
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105 | unless ($ftp->login($user, $password, $account)) {
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106 | # Unauthorized. Let's fake a RC_UNAUTHORIZED response
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107 | my $mess = scalar($ftp->message);
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108 | $mess =~ s/\n$//;
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109 | my $res = HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_UNAUTHORIZED, $mess);
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110 | $res->header("Server", $ftp->http_server);
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111 | $res->header("WWW-Authenticate", qq(Basic Realm="FTP login"));
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112 | return $res;
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113 | }
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114 |
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115 | my $home = $ftp->pwd;
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116 | $ftp->home($home);
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117 |
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118 | $conn_cache->deposit("ftp", $key, $ftp) if $conn_cache;
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119 |
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120 | return $ftp;
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121 | }
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122 |
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123 |
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124 | sub request
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125 | {
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126 | my($self, $request, $proxy, $arg, $size, $timeout) = @_;
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127 |
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128 | $size = 4096 unless $size;
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129 |
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130 | # check proxy
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131 | if (defined $proxy)
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132 | {
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133 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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134 | 'You can not proxy through the ftp');
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135 | }
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136 |
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137 | my $url = $request->uri;
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138 | if ($url->scheme ne 'ftp') {
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139 | my $scheme = $url->scheme;
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140 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
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141 | "LWP::Protocol::ftp::request called for '$scheme'");
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142 | }
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143 |
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144 | # check method
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145 | my $method = $request->method;
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146 |
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147 | unless ($method eq 'GET' || $method eq 'HEAD' || $method eq 'PUT') {
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148 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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149 | 'Library does not allow method ' .
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150 | "$method for 'ftp:' URLs");
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151 | }
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152 |
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153 | if ($init_failed) {
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154 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
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155 | $init_failed);
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156 | }
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157 |
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158 | my $host = $url->host;
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159 | my $port = $url->port;
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160 | my $user = $url->user;
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161 | my $password = $url->password;
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162 |
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163 | # If a basic autorization header is present than we prefer these over
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164 | # the username/password specified in the URL.
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165 | {
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166 | my($u,$p) = $request->authorization_basic;
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167 | if (defined $u) {
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168 | $user = $u;
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169 | $password = $p;
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170 | }
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171 | }
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172 |
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173 | # We allow the account to be specified in the "Account" header
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174 | my $account = $request->header('Account');
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175 |
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176 | my $ftp = $self->_connect($host, $port, $user, $account, $password, $timeout);
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177 | return $ftp if ref($ftp) eq "HTTP::Response"; # ugh!
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178 |
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179 | # Create an initial response object
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180 | my $response = HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_OK, "OK");
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181 | $response->header(Server => $ftp->http_server);
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182 | $response->header('Client-Request-Num' => $ftp->request_count);
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183 | $response->request($request);
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184 |
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185 | # Get & fix the path
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186 | my @path = grep { length } $url->path_segments;
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187 | my $remote_file = pop(@path);
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188 | $remote_file = '' unless defined $remote_file;
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189 |
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190 | my $type;
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191 | if (ref $remote_file) {
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192 | my @params;
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193 | ($remote_file, @params) = @$remote_file;
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194 | for (@params) {
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195 | $type = $_ if s/^type=//;
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196 | }
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197 | }
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198 |
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199 | if ($type && $type eq 'a') {
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200 | $ftp->ascii;
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201 | }
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202 | else {
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203 | $ftp->binary;
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204 | }
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205 |
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206 | for (@path) {
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207 | unless ($ftp->cwd($_)) {
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208 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_NOT_FOUND,
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209 | "Can't chdir to $_");
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210 | }
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211 | }
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212 |
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213 | if ($method eq 'GET' || $method eq 'HEAD') {
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214 | if (my $mod_time = $ftp->mdtm($remote_file)) {
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215 | $response->last_modified($mod_time);
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216 | if (my $ims = $request->if_modified_since) {
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217 | if ($mod_time <= $ims) {
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218 | $response->code(&HTTP::Status::RC_NOT_MODIFIED);
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219 | $response->message("Not modified");
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220 | return $response;
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221 | }
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222 | }
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223 | }
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224 |
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225 | # We'll use this later to abort the transfer if necessary.
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226 | # if $max_size is defined, we need to abort early. Otherwise, it's
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227 | # a normal transfer
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228 | my $max_size = undef;
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229 |
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230 | # Set resume location, if the client requested it
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231 | if ($request->header('Range') && $ftp->supported('REST'))
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232 | {
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233 | my $range_info = $request->header('Range');
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234 |
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235 | # Change bytes=2772992-6781209 to just 2772992
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236 | my ($start_byte,$end_byte) = $range_info =~ /.*=\s*(\d+)-(\d+)?/;
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237 | if ( defined $start_byte && !defined $end_byte ) {
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238 |
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239 | # open range -- only the start is specified
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240 |
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241 | $ftp->restart( $start_byte );
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242 | # don't define $max_size, we don't want to abort early
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243 | }
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244 | elsif ( defined $start_byte && defined $end_byte &&
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245 | $start_byte >= 0 && $end_byte >= $start_byte ) {
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246 |
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247 | $ftp->restart( $start_byte );
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248 | $max_size = $end_byte - $start_byte;
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249 | }
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250 | else {
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251 |
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252 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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253 | 'Incorrect syntax for Range request');
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254 | }
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255 | }
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256 | elsif ($request->header('Range') && !$ftp->supported('REST'))
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257 | {
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258 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
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259 | "Server does not support resume.");
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260 | }
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261 |
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262 | my $data; # the data handle
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263 | if (length($remote_file) and $data = $ftp->retr($remote_file)) {
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264 | my($type, @enc) = LWP::MediaTypes::guess_media_type($remote_file);
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265 | $response->header('Content-Type', $type) if $type;
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266 | for (@enc) {
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267 | $response->push_header('Content-Encoding', $_);
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268 | }
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269 | my $mess = $ftp->message;
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270 | if ($mess =~ /\((\d+)\s+bytes\)/) {
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271 | $response->header('Content-Length', "$1");
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272 | }
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273 |
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274 | if ($method ne 'HEAD') {
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275 | # Read data from server
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276 | $response = $self->collect($arg, $response, sub {
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277 | my $content = '';
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278 | my $result = $data->read($content, $size);
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279 |
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280 | # Stop early if we need to.
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281 | if (defined $max_size)
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282 | {
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283 | # We need an interface to Net::FTP::dataconn for getting
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284 | # the number of bytes already read
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285 | my $bytes_received = $data->bytes_read();
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286 |
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287 | # We were already over the limit. (Should only happen
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288 | # once at the end.)
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289 | if ($bytes_received - length($content) > $max_size)
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290 | {
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291 | $content = '';
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292 | }
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293 | # We just went over the limit
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294 | elsif ($bytes_received > $max_size)
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295 | {
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296 | # Trim content
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297 | $content = substr($content, 0,
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298 | $max_size - ($bytes_received - length($content)) );
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299 | }
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300 | # We're under the limit
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301 | else
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302 | {
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303 | }
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304 | }
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305 |
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306 | return \$content;
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307 | } );
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308 | }
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309 | # abort is needed for HEAD, it's == close if the transfer has
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310 | # already completed.
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311 | unless ($data->abort) {
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312 | # Something did not work too well. Note that we treat
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313 | # responses to abort() with code 0 in case of HEAD as ok
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314 | # (at least wu-ftpd 2.6.1(1) does that).
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315 | if ($method ne 'HEAD' || $ftp->code != 0) {
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316 | $response->code(&HTTP::Status::RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
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317 | $response->message("FTP close response: " . $ftp->code .
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318 | " " . $ftp->message);
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319 | }
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320 | }
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321 | }
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322 | elsif (!length($remote_file) || ( $ftp->code >= 400 && $ftp->code < 600 )) {
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323 | # not a plain file, try to list instead
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324 | if (length($remote_file) && !$ftp->cwd($remote_file)) {
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325 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_NOT_FOUND,
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326 | "File '$remote_file' not found");
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327 | }
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328 |
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329 | # It should now be safe to try to list the directory
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330 | my @lsl = $ftp->dir;
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331 |
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332 | # Try to figure out if the user want us to convert the
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333 | # directory listing to HTML.
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334 | my @variants =
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335 | (
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336 | ['html', 0.60, 'text/html' ],
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337 | ['dir', 1.00, 'text/ftp-dir-listing' ]
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338 | );
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339 | #$HTTP::Negotiate::DEBUG=1;
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340 | my $prefer = HTTP::Negotiate::choose(\@variants, $request);
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341 |
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342 | my $content = '';
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343 |
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344 | if (!defined($prefer)) {
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345 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_NOT_ACCEPTABLE,
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346 | "Neither HTML nor directory listing wanted");
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347 | }
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348 | elsif ($prefer eq 'html') {
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349 | $response->header('Content-Type' => 'text/html');
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350 | $content = "<HEAD><TITLE>File Listing</TITLE>\n";
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351 | my $base = $request->uri->clone;
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352 | my $path = $base->path;
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353 | $base->path("$path/") unless $path =~ m|/$|;
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354 | $content .= qq(<BASE HREF="$base">\n</HEAD>\n);
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355 | $content .= "<BODY>\n<UL>\n";
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356 | for (File::Listing::parse_dir(\@lsl, 'GMT')) {
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357 | my($name, $type, $size, $mtime, $mode) = @$_;
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358 | $content .= qq( <LI> <a href="$name">$name</a>);
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359 | $content .= " $size bytes" if $type eq 'f';
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360 | $content .= "\n";
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361 | }
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362 | $content .= "</UL></body>\n";
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363 | }
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364 | else {
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365 | $response->header('Content-Type', 'text/ftp-dir-listing');
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366 | $content = join("\n", @lsl, '');
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367 | }
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368 |
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369 | $response->header('Content-Length', length($content));
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370 |
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371 | if ($method ne 'HEAD') {
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372 | $response = $self->collect_once($arg, $response, $content);
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373 | }
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374 | }
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375 | else {
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376 | my $res = HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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377 | "FTP return code " . $ftp->code);
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378 | $res->content_type("text/plain");
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379 | $res->content($ftp->message);
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380 | return $res;
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381 | }
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382 | }
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383 | elsif ($method eq 'PUT') {
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384 | # method must be PUT
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385 | unless (length($remote_file)) {
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386 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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387 | "Must have a file name to PUT to");
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388 | }
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389 | my $data;
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390 | if ($data = $ftp->stor($remote_file)) {
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391 | my $content = $request->content;
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392 | my $bytes = 0;
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393 | if (defined $content) {
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394 | if (ref($content) eq 'SCALAR') {
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395 | $bytes = $data->write($$content, length($$content));
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396 | }
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397 | elsif (ref($content) eq 'CODE') {
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398 | my($buf, $n);
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399 | while (length($buf = &$content)) {
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400 | $n = $data->write($buf, length($buf));
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401 | last unless $n;
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402 | $bytes += $n;
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403 | }
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404 | }
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405 | elsif (!ref($content)) {
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406 | if (defined $content && length($content)) {
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407 | $bytes = $data->write($content, length($content));
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408 | }
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409 | }
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410 | else {
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411 | die "Bad content";
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412 | }
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413 | }
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414 | $data->close;
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415 |
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416 | $response->code(&HTTP::Status::RC_CREATED);
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417 | $response->header('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
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418 | $response->content("$bytes bytes stored as $remote_file on $host\n")
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419 |
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420 | }
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421 | else {
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422 | my $res = HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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423 | "FTP return code " . $ftp->code);
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424 | $res->content_type("text/plain");
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425 | $res->content($ftp->message);
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426 | return $res;
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427 | }
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428 | }
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429 | else {
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430 | return HTTP::Response->new(&HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
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431 | "Illegal method $method");
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432 | }
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433 |
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434 | $response;
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435 | }
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436 |
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437 | 1;
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438 |
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439 | __END__
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440 |
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441 | # This is what RFC 1738 has to say about FTP access:
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442 | # --------------------------------------------------
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443 | #
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444 | # 3.2. FTP
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445 | #
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446 | # The FTP URL scheme is used to designate files and directories on
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447 | # Internet hosts accessible using the FTP protocol (RFC959).
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448 | #
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449 | # A FTP URL follow the syntax described in Section 3.1. If :<port> is
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450 | # omitted, the port defaults to 21.
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451 | #
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452 | # 3.2.1. FTP Name and Password
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453 | #
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454 | # A user name and password may be supplied; they are used in the ftp
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455 | # "USER" and "PASS" commands after first making the connection to the
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456 | # FTP server. If no user name or password is supplied and one is
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457 | # requested by the FTP server, the conventions for "anonymous" FTP are
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458 | # to be used, as follows:
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459 | #
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460 | # The user name "anonymous" is supplied.
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461 | #
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462 | # The password is supplied as the Internet e-mail address
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463 | # of the end user accessing the resource.
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464 | #
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465 | # If the URL supplies a user name but no password, and the remote
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466 | # server requests a password, the program interpreting the FTP URL
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467 | # should request one from the user.
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468 | #
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469 | # 3.2.2. FTP url-path
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470 | #
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471 | # The url-path of a FTP URL has the following syntax:
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472 | #
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473 | # <cwd1>/<cwd2>/.../<cwdN>/<name>;type=<typecode>
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474 | #
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475 | # Where <cwd1> through <cwdN> and <name> are (possibly encoded) strings
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476 | # and <typecode> is one of the characters "a", "i", or "d". The part
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477 | # ";type=<typecode>" may be omitted. The <cwdx> and <name> parts may be
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478 | # empty. The whole url-path may be omitted, including the "/"
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479 | # delimiting it from the prefix containing user, password, host, and
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480 | # port.
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481 | #
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482 | # The url-path is interpreted as a series of FTP commands as follows:
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483 | #
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484 | # Each of the <cwd> elements is to be supplied, sequentially, as the
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485 | # argument to a CWD (change working directory) command.
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486 | #
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487 | # If the typecode is "d", perform a NLST (name list) command with
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488 | # <name> as the argument, and interpret the results as a file
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489 | # directory listing.
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490 | #
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491 | # Otherwise, perform a TYPE command with <typecode> as the argument,
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492 | # and then access the file whose name is <name> (for example, using
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493 | # the RETR command.)
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494 | #
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495 | # Within a name or CWD component, the characters "/" and ";" are
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496 | # reserved and must be encoded. The components are decoded prior to
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497 | # their use in the FTP protocol. In particular, if the appropriate FTP
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498 | # sequence to access a particular file requires supplying a string
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499 | # containing a "/" as an argument to a CWD or RETR command, it is
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500 | # necessary to encode each "/".
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501 | #
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502 | # For example, the URL <URL:ftp://[email protected]/%2Fetc/motd> is
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503 | # interpreted by FTP-ing to "host.dom", logging in as "myname"
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504 | # (prompting for a password if it is asked for), and then executing
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505 | # "CWD /etc" and then "RETR motd". This has a different meaning from
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506 | # <URL:ftp://[email protected]/etc/motd> which would "CWD etc" and then
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507 | # "RETR motd"; the initial "CWD" might be executed relative to the
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508 | # default directory for "myname". On the other hand,
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509 | # <URL:ftp://[email protected]//etc/motd>, would "CWD " with a null
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510 | # argument, then "CWD etc", and then "RETR motd".
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511 | #
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512 | # FTP URLs may also be used for other operations; for example, it is
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513 | # possible to update a file on a remote file server, or infer
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514 | # information about it from the directory listings. The mechanism for
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515 | # doing so is not spelled out here.
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516 | #
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517 | # 3.2.3. FTP Typecode is Optional
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518 | #
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519 | # The entire ;type=<typecode> part of a FTP URL is optional. If it is
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520 | # omitted, the client program interpreting the URL must guess the
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521 | # appropriate mode to use. In general, the data content type of a file
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522 | # can only be guessed from the name, e.g., from the suffix of the name;
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523 | # the appropriate type code to be used for transfer of the file can
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524 | # then be deduced from the data content of the file.
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525 | #
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526 | # 3.2.4 Hierarchy
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527 | #
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528 | # For some file systems, the "/" used to denote the hierarchical
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529 | # structure of the URL corresponds to the delimiter used to construct a
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530 | # file name hierarchy, and thus, the filename will look similar to the
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531 | # URL path. This does NOT mean that the URL is a Unix filename.
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532 | #
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533 | # 3.2.5. Optimization
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534 | #
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535 | # Clients accessing resources via FTP may employ additional heuristics
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536 | # to optimize the interaction. For some FTP servers, for example, it
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537 | # may be reasonable to keep the control connection open while accessing
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538 | # multiple URLs from the same server. However, there is no common
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539 | # hierarchical model to the FTP protocol, so if a directory change
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540 | # command has been given, it is impossible in general to deduce what
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541 | # sequence should be given to navigate to another directory for a
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542 | # second retrieval, if the paths are different. The only reliable
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543 | # algorithm is to disconnect and reestablish the control connection.
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