Tue Oct 2 16:23:55 EDT 2007 geoff
    it is indeed a nasty hack and a moderately large diff for
    what one would hope to be a minor change.  it also seems that
    spaces are likely to cause problems elsewhere in ftp, client
    and server.  given that ftp is a complex, ugly, and old protocol,
    i'm inclined to document the limitation and call it a day.
    
    saved in case we decide to revisit this.