curl-library
FTP directory processing
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 17:59:11 +0100
Hello @all,
first of all let me express my compliment for the libcurl!
I've just begun to work with and it's not only a great fun
but also it seems that i could use libcurl to solve a serious
problem...
Original i wanted to start this posting with a fix for the
bug WRT reusing open connections in verbose mode,
but it seems it's already fixed in 7.10.3-pre...
So, what's left is just a couple of questions... =]
To make a long story short:
I want to programmaticly process directory structures
of FTP servers (using libcurl), including filesize, timestamp,
subdirectories.... Sounds like a great fun, but it intruduces
some topics...
- Is it possible to receive a somehow canonical or
standardised directory listing?
- If not, it seems that even ftp daemons on the
same platform produce different listings!?
- I know how to send FTP-commands (like SYST)
using "CURLOPT_QUOTE" and to receive the server
response using "CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER".
But to send the command, i've to make a (virtually
unnecessary) "curl_easy_perform" (unnecessary
since i don't want anything else except the server
response, e.g. "215 Windows_NT version 5.0").
I'm missing something or is the "curl_easy_perform"
defacto indispensable?
More precise: Is there a way to do something
similar to "CURLOPT_QUOTE" w/o a
"curl_easy_perform"?
- By now i'm using CURLOPT_NOBODY to suppress
the result of the above mentioned "curl_easy_perform",
but i guess the response (e.g. a directory listing) is
send over the network and only suppresssed in
libcurl!?
- If all that doesn' work; any comments / suggestions
how to process the various formats of directory listings?
So, that's all (heretofore... =)
Many thanx in advance & Ciao, Markus
Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Kind regards
Markus Henke
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Received on 2003-01-08