ftpls - generate a ftp directory listing

SYNOPSIS

ftpls host[:post] /directory

DESCRIPTION

ftpls generates a listing of files and directories in a FTP directory. ftpls by default prints a human readable ascii output, but may also create HTML and machine parsable output.

OPTIONS

LOGIN OPTIONS

--tries=NUMBER

Number of tries to connect and log in. The default is 1, meaning that ftpls will give up after the first error.

--account=ACCOUNT

Send ACCOUNT as the account name using the ACCT ftp command if the ftp servers asks for one.

ACCOUNT in ftp speak is some kind of sub account in some other terminologies. If you don't understand what it means you have a good chance to never need this option anyway. If you think you need it please try the -u option first.

-p, --pass=PASSWORD

Use PASS as password to login on the ftp server. The default is `anonymous@invalid.example'. Use an empty password to enforce not sending any password.

-u, --user=NAME

Use NAME to login on the ftp server. The default is `anonymous'. Use an empty name to force to not log in.

OUTPUT MODE

-h, --html: Create HTML index.
-m, --machine: Create machine parsable output.
-t, --title=TEXT: Title text to use on the HTML output.
-U, --urlprefix=URL: URL-Prefix to use in listings.

SORTING

-a, --alpha: sort alphabetical.
-z, --omega: sort reverse alphabetical.
-n, --newest: sort youngest first.
-o, --oldest: sort oldest first.
-s, --shortest: sort shortest first.
-l, --longest: sort longest first.

OTHER OPTIONS

-L, --list-options=OPTS: Add OPTS to LIST command. This allows to pass arbitrary options to the FTP servers LIST command. Note that ftpcopy does not cope well with recursive directory listings.

EXAMPLES

``Generate a HTML index page''

  ftpls \
  --html --title "CVS tree index by date" \
  --urlprefix ftp://ftp.ohse.de/uwe/cvs-trees/  \
  --newest \
  ftp://serak.ohse.de/uwe/cvs-trees \
  > SOMEWHERE/cvs-trees/index-by-date.html

AUTHOR

Uwe Ohse, uwe@ohse.de

Uwe Ohse homepage

The ftpcopy package

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