I tried this by accident:
 curl -vO ftp://some-host/~

It downloads okay producing a 1024 byte '~' file. I assume
it's the content of the inode of the initial directory. (I have
.netrc entries for all host I tried)

Results from some ftp-servers.

ProFTPD:
  SIZE ~
  550 ~: No such file or directory
  RETR ~
  550 ~: No such file or directory

WarFTPd 1.82.00-RC2:
  SIZE ~
  550 Access denied.
  RETR ~
  550 Access denied.

UNIX Type: L8 Version: BSD-199506:
  SIZE ~
  550 /home/**/giva: not a plain file.
  RETR ~
  150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for '/home/**/giva'.

What's the normal definition of a "plain file". And how can I make
curl skip non-plain files?

I dare not try to upload '~' afraid of wiping my ISP home-dir.
What could happen?

--gv

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