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From: hw <hw@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] lftp -u user,pass(word
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:15:04
Message-Id: 5704C570.2090607@gc-24.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] lftp -u user,pass(word by Mick
1 Mick schrieb:
2 > On Tuesday 05 Apr 2016 20:06:08 hw wrote:
3 >> Neil Bothwick schrieb:
4 >>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:43:25 +0200, hw wrote:
5 >>>> how do you use lftp (to mirror a remote site)
6 >>>> when the password you have contains a bracket?
7 >>>>
8 >>>> I'm trying 'lftp -u user,pass(word ftp.example.com', and
9 >>>> there appears to be no way to escape characters in the
10 >>>> password. Using single quotes also doesn't work, same
11 >>>> as 'lftp 'ftp://user:pass(word@×××××××.com'.
12 >>>
13 >>> Try lftp 'ftp://user:pass\(word@×××××××.com'
14 >>> or lftp ftp://user:pass\\\(word@×××××××.com
15 >>>
16 >>> The \ escapes the ( and the single quotes protect it fro the shell. In
17 >>> the second way, you escape the \ as well.
18 >>
19 >> That's what I thought :) I already tried and it didn't
20 >> work.
21 >
22 > Did you try putting single/double quotes around passwd only?
23 >
24
25 Yes, that didn't work, either.

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Re: [gentoo-user] lftp -u user,pass(word Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>