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4	4	Can you list even one FTP server whose `NLST` verb does NOT return all files, thus requiring the "`-a`" option? Can you even list one FTP server whose `NLST` verb even does anything when passed any option?
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6		According to [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123#page-31 RFC1123, section 4.1.2.7], the `NLST` verb `MUST contain only a simple list of legal pathnames,` - dotfiles are legal pathnames, even if there's a semantic connotation that they are "hidden" by some programs by default. Any FTP server whose `NLST` verb does not return all legal pathnames, which would include dotfiles, is breaking the specification set forth by the RFC.
	6	According to [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123#page-31 RFC1123, section 4.1.2.7], the `NLST` verb's response `MUST contain only a simple list of legal pathnames,` - dotfiles are legal pathnames, even if there's a semantic connotation that they are "hidden" by some programs by default. Any FTP server whose `NLST` verb does not return all legal pathnames, which would include dotfiles, is breaking the specification set forth by the RFC.
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8	8	Because of this, I suggest that the correct fix to this bug is to use `ftp_nlist()` and remove the "`-a`" option, as proposed by @ralbatross in [#comment:42 comment #42] above.