'ftp' command does what...?

[Chuck Swiger]

Hi, all--

Is there a reason why the ftp command does odd things when presented with the 
URL format on this particular FTP server?

5-epia% ftp ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu
Connected to ASG2.WEB.cmu.edu.
220 asg2.web.cmu.edu FTP server (Version 6.00+Heimdal 20031031+KTH-KRB 1.3-20031
030) ready.
331 Guest login ok, type your name as password.
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
200 Type set to I.
500 'CWD ': command not understood.
CWD command not recognized, trying XCWD.
500 'XCWD ': command not understood.

ftp: The `CWD ' command (without a directory), which is required by
      RFC 1738 to support the empty directory in the URL pathname (`//'),
      conflicts with the server's conformance to RFC 959.
      Try the same URL without the `//' in the URL pathname.

221 Goodbye.

6-epia% uname -a
FreeBSD epia.pkix.net 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #1: Sun May  9 04:56:46 
EDT 2004     root at epia.pkix.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EPIA  i386

Hmph.  I suspect that handling an FTP URL without any URI portion past the 
hostname ought to do the same thing as "ftp hostname".

-- 
-Chuck