I need to create a ftp script that will do a directory listing of a
remote folder and create a local file that has that list.    I know
manually get the list, but I don't know how to put it into a local
file.

does anyone have a sample script to do this?

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On 11 Oct 2004 11:04:30 -0700, sparty_1984@hotmail.com (Daryl Kanary)
wrote:

>I need to create a ftp script that will do a directory listing of a
>remote folder and create a local file that has that list.    I know
>manually get the list, but I don't know how to put it into a local
>file.
>
>does anyone have a sample script to do this?

The command line FTP uses a /s to run a script of the FTP commands.
Launch that from a BAT file.

Jeff

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thanks for the reply, but I think I didn't make my question clear.

I am not having any trouble getting an ftp script to work, my issues is I
need to get a "Directory Listing" from the remote server so I know the names
of the files there and I need to get this listing into a file on the local
machine.   manually I would just connect and do a "dir or ls" command.  my
question is how do I pipe that to a file on the local machine?




"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
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> On 11 Oct 2004 11:04:30 -0700, sparty_1984@hotmail.com (Daryl Kanary)
> wrote:
> 
>
> The command line FTP uses a /s to run a script of the FTP commands.
> Launch that from a BAT file.
>
> Jeff

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"Daryl Kanary" <sparty_1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> thanks for the reply, but I think I didn't make my question clear.
>
> I am not having any trouble getting an ftp script to work, my issues is I
> need to get a "Directory Listing" from the remote server so I know the
names
> of the files there and I need to get this listing into a file on the local
> machine.   manually I would just connect and do a "dir or ls" command.  my
> question is how do I pipe that to a file on the local machine?

This is really an issue with the FTP client, rather than with the server,
but I can answer it for you.  The "dir" or "ls" commands in the FTP client
take two arguments, both of which are optional.  The first argument is
interpreted as the directory or file you want to list, and the second is
interpreted as a file to which you wish to send the output.

So, to list the current directory (whose shorthand name is ".") to the file
"fred.txt", you would use the command "dir . fred.txt".

Alun.
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Thank You sir...

I haven't been able to find any documentation to tell me that....
(apparently I haven't been looking in the right place)...



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> "Daryl Kanary" <sparty_1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> This is really an issue with the FTP client, rather than with the server,
> but I can answer it for you.  The "dir" or "ls" commands in the FTP client
> take two arguments, both of which are optional.  The first argument is
> interpreted as the directory or file you want to list, and the second is
> interpreted as a file to which you wish to send the output.
>
> So, to list the current directory (whose shorthand name is ".") to the
file
> "fred.txt", you would use the command "dir . fred.txt".
>
> Alun.
> ~~~~
>
>

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Open up Windows Help (either the Windows-key and F1, or Start -> Help and
Support) and do a search for "ftp subcommands".

Alun.
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"Daryl Kanary" <sparty_1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I haven't been able to find any documentation to tell me that....
> (apparently I haven't been looking in the right place)...

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