On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Karl M wrote:

> It is the last socket that was closed, but kept in the cache for future use
> on this handle. I don't know much about the ftp code, so I can't say what it
> was used for. Take a look at the CVS code and see if it does what you need.

It'll return the control connection's socket. The data connection is _never_
kept alive after a transfer in FTP.

But I haven't actually tested this for real, only reviewed the code.

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