fix issue 9601: ftplib now provides a workaround for invalid response code returned on MKD and PWD by non-compliant FTPserver implementations such as ISS shipped with Windows server 2003
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 8a097c0..ef69ca6 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -565,7 +565,11 @@
def mkd(self, dirname):
'''Make a directory, return its full pathname.'''
- resp = self.sendcmd('MKD ' + dirname)
+ resp = self.voidcmd('MKD ' + dirname)
+ # fix around non-compliant implementations such as IIS shipped
+ # with Windows server 2003
+ if not resp.startswith('257'):
+ return ''
return parse257(resp)
def rmd(self, dirname):
@@ -574,7 +578,11 @@
def pwd(self):
'''Return current working directory.'''
- resp = self.sendcmd('PWD')
+ resp = self.voidcmd('PWD')
+ # fix around non-compliant implementations such as IIS shipped
+ # with Windows server 2003
+ if not resp.startswith('257'):
+ return ''
return parse257(resp)
def quit(self):