NAME

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.
-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