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