What probably happens is that your ftp client accepts the command but
doesn't send it to the server. When you make the get command, your ftp
client finally sends the REST but the server rejects it.

On 6/27/06, jdl1291_at_njit.edu <jdl1291_at_njit.edu> wrote:
> Ah, stupid me.. I should I actually attempted the transfer before posting:
>
> ftp> rest 4096
> restarting at 4096. execute get, put or append to initiate transfer
> ftp> get abbreviations
> local: abbreviations remote: abbreviations
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 502 REST command not implemented.
>
> Strangely enough the server accepts the rest command, but then spits it back out
> once a transfer is attempted.
>

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