From: Jan <jan@...>
Date: 2004-10-27T08:14:04+09:00
Subject: Re: FTP list fails on Mac OS 10.3

Koen Vervloesem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The following example program of PickAxe 2 fails on Mac OS 10.3:
> 
> require 'net/ftp'
> ftp = Net::FTP.new('ftp.netlab.co.jp')
> ftp.login
> ftp.list
> ftp.close
> 
> /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:276:in `initialize': Protocol not supported 
> - socket(2) (Errno::EPROTONOSUPPORT)
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:276:in `open'
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:276:in `makeport'
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:310:in `transfercmd'
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:402:in `retrlines'
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:400:in `synchronize'
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:415:in `retrlines'
>         from /sw/lib/ruby/1.8/net/ftp.rb:609:in `list'
>         from test.rb:4
> 
> Apparently the login works, but the list fails. This occurs also with 
> other ftp servers. What's happening here?
> 
> koan$ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-04) [powerpc-darwin]
> koan$ sw_vers
> ProductName:    Mac OS X
> ProductVersion: 10.3.5
> BuildVersion:   7M34
> 

I had the same problem, but an upgrade to 1.8.2-preview2 solved it. (If 
you have darwinports, sudo port install ruby +preview)

Greets
	Jan Sabbe