Retrieving a remote directory listing

Getting a directory listing as a String

To get a directory listing returned as a string you may use the Ftp#getDirListingAsString method.

Example

// get directory listing as a string

String dirListing = ftp.getDirListingAsString();

Getting a directory listing as an Enumeration

In some cases you will want to evaluate the entries returned in a directory listing. In this case you will want to use the Ftp#getDirListing method. This method returns a java.util.Enumeration of FtpFile. Each FtpFile instance represents a read-only entry in the directory listing and may be queried for additional information.

Example

// get directory listing

Enumeration listing = ftp.getDirListing();

// enumerate thru listing printing filename for each entry

while(listing.hasMoreElements()) {

FtpFile file = (FtpFile)listing.nextElement();

System.out.println("Filename: " + file.getFilename());

}