ncftpls(1)							    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
       users 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).

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

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



ncftpls 			NcFTP Software			    ncftpls(1)