dir
Use dir to display detailed information about the files and subdirectories in the current directory on the FTP server.
Use dir remotefile to display detailed information about a specific file or directory on the FTP server.
Use dir remotefile localfile to save detailed information about a specific file or directory on the FTP server to a local file.
Syntax
dir [ remotefile [ localfile ] ]
Views
FTP client view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
mdc-admin
Parameters
remotefile: Specifies the name of a file or directory on the FTP server.
localfile: Specifies the name of the local file used for saving the displayed information.
Usage guidelines
You can perform this operation only after you log in to the FTP server.
In FTP client view, executing the dir command is the same as executing the ls command.
Examples
# Display detailed information about the files and subdirectories in the current directory on the FTP server.
ftp> dir 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,153,116,114,11,9) 150 File Listing Follows in ASCII mode drwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 0 Apr 8 15:15 . drwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 0 Apr 8 15:15 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 6324 Apr 8 14:48 1.txt -rwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 97401856 Feb 27 12:28 125X.ipe drwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 0 Mar 26 14:30 Compatiable drwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 0 Mar 26 14:30 Incompatiable drwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogroup 0 Apr 1 15:34 aa 226 Transfer finished successfully.
# Save detailed information about file a.txt to s.txt.
ftp> dir a.txt s.txt output to local-file: s.txt ? [Y/N]y 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,153,116,114,11,34) 150 File Listing Follows in ASCII mode 226 Transfer finished successfully.
# Display the content of file s.txt.
ftp> bye 221 Windows FTP Server (WFTPD, by Texas Imperial Software) says goodbye <Sysname> more s.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 1481 Jul 7 12:34 a.txt
Related commands
ls