### Please describe the problem. I want to addurl using ftp protocol. `git annex addurl ftp://...` works fine, but `git annex addurl --file` fails with an error "failed to verify url exists". ### What steps will reproduce the problem? setting up a new repo % alias ga ga=/home/applis/git-annex.linux/git-annex % ga init init ok (Recording state in git...) addurl --file works with http % wget http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz [...] 2014-03-27 15:25:06 (10,1 MB/s) - ‘git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz’ saved [30689438/30689438] % ga add git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz add git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz ok (Recording state in git...) % ga addurl http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz --file git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz addurl git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz ok (Recording state in git...) addurl works with ftp: % ga addurl ftp://ftp.belnet.be/debian-cd/7.4.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.4-i386-lxde-desktop.iso.log addurl ftp.belnet.be_debian_cd_7.4.0_live_i386_iso_hybrid_debian_live_7.4_i386_lxde_desktop.iso.log (downloading ftp://ftp.belnet.be/debian-cd/7.4.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.4-i386-lxde-desktop.iso.log ...) [...] 2014-03-27 15:27:47 (11,1 MB/s) - ‘/data/annex/.git/annex/tmp/URL--ftp&c%%ftp.belnet.be%debian-cd%7.4.0-live%i386%iso-hybrid%debian-live-7.4-i386-lxde-desktop.iso.log’ saved [1235181] ok (Recording state in git...) addurl --file doesn't work with ftp % wget ftp://ftp.belnet.be/debian-cd/7.4.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync [...] 2014-03-27 15:29:32 (19,4 MB/s) - ‘debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync’ saved [1932014] % ga add debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync add debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync ok (Recording state in git...) % ga addurl ftp://ftp.belnet.be/debian-cd/7.4.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync --file debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync addurl debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync failed to verify url exists: ftp://ftp.belnet.be/debian-cd/7.4.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.4-i386-standard.iso.zsync failed git-annex: addurl: 1 failed ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? I am using current git-annex binary linux version on Fedora 19. % which git ; git --version /usr/bin/git git version 1.8.3.1 % which ga ; ga version ga=/home/applis/git-annex.linux/git-annex git-annex version: 5.20140320-g63535e3 build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA CryptoHash key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav tahoe glacier hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4 > [[done]] --[[Joey]]