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FTP-LS(1) NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual FTP-LS(1)

NAME

ftp-ls - list directory entries on an FTP server (DEPRECATED)

SYNOPSIS

ftp-ls (edirect -ftpls) server dir

DESCRIPTION

Note: ftp-ls will not appear in future releases of NCBI Entrez Direct. Instead, please use nquire -lst.

ftp-ls lists the contents of a given directory on a specified file server. It prints one line per item, using a subset of ls -F's notation:

  • Regular files' names appear as is.
  • Subdirectories' names appear with trailing slashes (/).
  • Symbolic links' names appear with trailing at signs (@), whether they refer to files or directories.

SEE ALSO

archive-pubmed(1), download-ncbi-data(1), download-pubmed(1), download-sequence(1), edirect(1), ftp-cp(1), index-pubmed(1), ls(1).

2021-03-07 NCBI