RE: Getting List of Files on a Remote Server

do a dir (Disk

Make sure you have a current library set.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Getting List of Files on a Remote Server
> From: "Lapeyre, Francis" <FLAPEYRE@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, January 23, 2006 11:30 am
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> All,
> 
> I'm sure I'm missing something simple. I have to get a list of files on a
> remote server so that when I pick them up with GET, they can be renamed to
> something unique (I can't use the IFS for this because of the constraints of
> the application I'm working with.
> 
> According to 
> 
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzaiq/rzaiq
> dir.htm
> <http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/index.htm?info/rzaiq/rzai
> qdir.htm> 
> 
> I should be able to use the DIR subcommand and it will write a file called
> DIROUTPUT with a list of the files, which I would then use to build the next
> script.
> 
> 220 FTP server ready.                                   
> Enter login ID (xxxxxxxx):                             
> 331 Password required for xxxxxxx.                      
> 230 User xxxxxxxx logged in.  Access restrictions apply. 
> UNIX Type: L8                                           
> Enter an FTP subcommand.                                
> > LCD FMLLIB                                            
> Local working directory is FMLLIB                       
> Enter an FTP subcommand.                                
> > DIR *.* (File                                         
> Use of subcommand DIr not correct.                      
> Enter an FTP subcommand.                                
> 
> The manual is not really clear; should I use QUOTE or some such?
> 
> Francis Lapeyre
> IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
> Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
> E-mail: flapeyre@xxxxxxxx <mailto:flapeyre@xxxxxxxx>  
> 
> 
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