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ncftpls (1)

Name

ncftpls - Internet file transfer program for scripts

Synopsis

ncftpls [options] ftp://url.style/host/path/name/

Description

ncftpls(1)                  General Commands Manual                 ncftpls(1)



NAME
       ncftpls - Internet file transfer program for scripts

SYNOPSIS
       ncftpls [options] ftp://url.style/host/path/name/

OPTIONS
   Command line flags:
       -m      Use  a machine readable list format, if the server supports it.
               This requires that the server software support the MLSD  exten-
               sions, and many implementations do not have these features.

       -1      Most basic format, one item per line.

       -l      Long list format.

       -C      Columnized list format. This is the default list format.

       -R      Recurse all subdirectories while listing.

       -a      Show all files, if server allows it (as in "/bin/ls -a").

       -i XX   Filter  the  listing  (if server supports it) with the wildcard
               XX.

       -x -XX  Set the ls flags to use on 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  service  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 transferred.

       -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  com-
               mands to set blocksize 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.

       -o XX   Set advanced option XX.

               This option is used primarily for debugging.  It sets the value
               of  an internal variable to an integer value.  An example usage
               would be: -o useFEAT=0,useCLNT=1 which in this  case,  disables
               use  of  the  FEAT  command  and enables the CLNT command.  The
               available variables include: usePASV, useSIZE,  useMDTM,  useR-
               EST,  useNLST_a, useNLST_d, useFEAT, useMLSD, useMLST, useCLNT,
               useHELP_SITE, useSITE_UTIME, STATfileParamWorks, NLSTfileParam-
               Works, require20, allowProxyForPORT, doNotGetStartCWD.

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 useful 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 exam-
       ple, 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  anony-
       mously,  but  you  can specify a username and password information like
       you can with ncftpget or ncftpput.

       Note that the standard specifies that URL pathnames  are  are  relative
       pathnames.   For  FTP,  this means that URLs specify relative pathnames
       from the start directory, which for  user  logins,  are  typically  the
       user's home directory.  If you want to use absolute pathnames, you need
       to include a literal slash, using the "%2F" code for a  "/"  character.
       Examples:

           $ ncftpls -u linus ftp://ftp.kernel.org/%2Fusr/src/
           $ ncftpls ftp://steve@ftp.apple.com/%2Fetc/

DIAGNOSTICS
       ncftpls 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 (http://www.ncftp.com).


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+-------------------+
       |Availability   | network/ftp/ncftp |
       +---------------+-------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile          |
       +---------------+-------------------+

SEE ALSO
       ncftpput(1), ncftpget(1), ncftp(1), ftp(1), rcp(1), tftp(1).

       LibNcFTP (http://www.ncftp.com/libncftp/).



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       ftp://ftp.ncftp.com/ncftp/ncftp-3.2.6-src.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/.



ncftpls                         NcFTP Software                      ncftpls(1)