Check if file exists on ftp server

[macca the hacke]

Hi

Is there a simple way to check for the existence of a file on a ftp server?

I have tried searching posts but cannot find anything to do this - maybe just not looking hard enough!!

cheers

 

[georgedwilkinson]

Use ls or dir. If you are automating, it is very difficult, though.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

i have just done something similar.

what i did was generated a script to collect a directory listing - eg ls * mylisting.txt. ls is better than dir, as ls just gives file names, then did a mget * to get all the files.

i then loaded the file names from the listing into an array, and checked that i had collected them all.

then i generated a new script to delete them all, one at a time.

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i suspect if you use wininet you can get it more interactive, but i havent started to look at wininet yet.

i'm using scripting code i got mainly form this site.

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so from your point of view, just do an ls to collect the listing, then see if the file you want is in the listing.

 

[macca the hacke]

Thanks Gemma / George I am sure that will do the trick