With FTP, you can view the remote working directory, change
remote directories, and view or save a listing of the contents of
remote directories.
Viewing the Remote Working Directory |
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The PWD command is used to list the name
of the remote working directory. The content of the information
displayed by PWD is dependent on the remote system.
For example, a UNIX implementation could display:
ftp> PWD
251 "/users/myname" is the current working directory |
Viewing the Contents of a Remote Directory |
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To list the contents of the remote working directory use the
DIR command. The contents displayed using the
DIR command are dependent on the remote host
directory listing facilities.
In the sample below, the working directory is mytest.
The first entry is a directory, the remaining entries are files.
150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls -l (123.50.42.32,50895) (0 bytes). total 33 |
drwxrwxrwx 1 myname guest 10 Feb 13 18:44 ftest |
-rw-rw-rw- 1 myname guest 100 Feb 12 18:42 file1 |
-rw-rw-rw- 1 myname guest 100 Feb 12 18:42 file2 |
-rw-rw-rw- 1 myname guest 110 Feb 13 18:43 testt |
nnn bytes received in n.nn seconds (n.nn Kbytes/sec) |
To list the contents of another directory, enter the DIR
command followed by a valid remote directory name:
The LS command provides a consistent display
of directory contents for unlike computer systems. One item per
line is displayed. For example:
ftp> LS
200 PORT command okay.
150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls (123.50.42.32,50896) (0 bytes).
ftest
file1
file2
testt
226 transfer complete |
Listing Directory Information to a Local File |
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You can transfer remote directory information to a local file
with the LS or DIR commands
using the following form (assuming a remote host UNIX file system):
ftp> DIR [remotedirectory/]filename localfile |
or,
ftp> LS [remotedirectory/]filename localfile |
The format of remotedirectory/filename
is dependent on the remote system implementation. The filename
part can contain metacharacters (wildcard characters) supported
by the remote system. Some metacharacters supported by the HP 9000
are asterisk (*), and question mark (?).
For example, to transfer a listing of all files in the working
directory to your local file REMDIR,
enter:
To transfer the contents of the directory named ftest
beginning with the letter R to
local file REMDIR1, enter:
Changing Directories |
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To change directories in the remote account you are using,
enter the CD command as follows:
Where remotedirectory is the directory
you wish to access.
The following example shows a user logged in to an HP 9000
as "myname" who checks the current
directory, changes directories, then checks the new current directory.
ftp> PWD
251 "/users/myname" is the current working directory.
ftp> CD test
200 CWD command okay.
ftp> PWD
251 "/users/myname/test" is the current working directory.
ftp> CD ..
200 CWD command okay.
ftp> PWD
251 "/users/myname" is the current working directory. |
