ncftpls(1)ncftpls(1)NAMEncftpls - Internet file transfer program for scripts
SYNOPSISncftpls [options] ftp://url.style/host/path/name/
OPTIONS
Command line flags:
-1 Most basic format, one item per line.
-l Long list format.
-x -XX Additional ls flags to pass on to the server.
-u XX Use username XX instead of anonymous.
-p XX Use password XX with the username.
-P XX Use port number XX instead of the default FTP ser
vice port (21).
-d XX Use the file XX for debug logging.
-t XX Timeout after XX seconds.
-E Use regular (PORT) data connections.
-F Use passive (PASV) data connections. The default
is to use passive, but to fallback to regular if
the passive connection fails or times out.
-r XX Redial a maximum of XX times until connected to
the remote FTP server.
-W XX Send raw FTP command XX after logging in.
-X XX Send raw FTP command XX after each file trans
ferred.
-Y XX Send raw FTP command XX before logging out.
The -W, -X, and -Y options are useful for advanced
users who need to tweak behavior on some servers.
For example, users accessing mainframes might need
to send some special SITE commands to set block
size and record format information.
For these options, you can use them multiple times
each if you need to send multiple commands. For
the -X option, you can use the cookie %s to expand
into the name of the file that was transferred.
DESCRIPTION
The purpose of ncftpls is to do remote directory listings
using the File Transfer Protocol without entering an
interactive shell. This lets you write shell scripts or
other unattended processes that can do FTP.
The default behavior is to print the directory listing in
columnized format (i.e. ls -CF), but that is not very use
ful for scripting. This example uses the -1 flag, to
print one file per line:
$ ncftpls-1 ftp://ftp.ncftp.com/pub/ncftp/
You can also do a remote "ls -l", by using "ncftpls -l".
If you want to try other flags, you have to use them with
the -x flag. For example, if you wanted to do a remote
"ls -lrt", you could do this:
$ ncftpls-x "-lrt" ftp://ftp.ncftp.com/pub/ncftp/
By default the program tries to open the remote host and
login anonymously, but you can specify a username and
password information like you can with ncftpget or ncftp_
put.
DIAGNOSTICSncftpls returns the following exit values:
0 Success.
1 Could not connect to remote host.
2 Could not connect to remote host - timed out.
3 Transfer failed.
4 Transfer failed - timed out.
5 Directory change failed.
6 Directory change failed - timed out.
7 Malformed URL.
8 Usage error.
9 Error in login configuration file.
10 Library initialization failed.
11 Session initialization failed.
AUTHOR
Mike Gleason, NcFTP Software (mgleason@ncftp.com).
SEE ALSOncftpput(1), ncftpget(1), ncftp(1), ftp(1), rcp(1),
tftp(1).
LibNcFTP (http://www.ncftp.com/libncftp/).
Software NcFTP ncftpls(1)
