Hi, I want to write a ftp script which does a listing of the remote directory from within ftp and send that to a file to me as an output to the script. Is this possible? please help.. Regards, Jern

ftp -n remoteHost <<EOF open remoteHost user remoteUser remotePassword ls path2remoteDir path2localFile2bStored EOF From 'man ftp': ls [ remote-directory | -al ] [ local-file ] Print an abbreviated listing of the contents of a directory on the remote machine. If remote- directory is left unspecified, the current working directory is used. The -a option lists all entries, including those that begin with a dot (.), which are normally not listed. The -l option lists files in long format, giving mode, number of links, owner, group, size in bytes, and time of last modification for each file. If the file is a special file, the size field instead contains the major and minor device numbers rather than a size. If the file is a sym- bolic link, the filename is printed followed by "->" and the pathname of the referenced file. If no local file is specified, or if local-file is -, the output is sent to the terminal.

Hi, I used the same script and ran it after creating a local file. it just displays a message and does nothing. i checked the local file but it has nothing. where am i going wrong? Regards, Jern

when you connect to the remote system and do 'ls' on the remote directory, what happens? Do you get a listing to stdout?

yes.. i do get the output of an "ls". i removed the 2'nd line from the script.. and now i get this message ./ftpsct ?Invalid command output to local-file: /home/mydir/ftpfile? Regards, Jern

I got it now..thanks for your help.. i was confused with the remote and the local directory..thanks again.. Regards, Jern

removed the second line? The line with user/password? You need that. You understand what the script does, don't you? What OS is your local host running under? Do 'man ftp' on the local host and search for the explanation/options of the 'ls' command. As I saind in the original reply, on my system [Solaris], the syntax for 'ls' is: ls [ remote-directory | -al ] [ local-file ]