I have been trying and cannot reproduce the functionality you are describing
with the "-l" option.

My version is 7.16.3 which was the latest I could find as of 6-25:
[root_at_vmspot1 ~]# rpm -q curl
curl-7.16.3-1
[root_at_vmspot1 ~]#

[root_at_vmspot1 ~]# rpm -q curl-devel
curl-devel-7.16.3-1
[root_at_vmspot1 ~]#

Here is the directory I am looking at:
[javadev2:/interact/lib]# ls -l
total 564
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 572486 Jun 7 09:54 libiicore.so
[javadev2:/interact/lib]#

Here is how ftp works with command line curl:
[root@vmspot1 ~]# curl -l -u interact:super ftp://javadev2/lib/
libiicore.so
[root_at_vmspot1 ~]

Everything is fine. The -l option lists the file. But when all I change is
to add the sftp and use the absolute path I get this:
[root@vmspot1 ~]# curl -l -u interact:super sftp://javadev2/~/lib/
[root_at_vmspot1 ~]#

Nothing. To prove the command is correct, I remove the -l option and get
this:
[root@vmspot1 ~]# curl -u interact:super sftp://javadev2/~/lib/
drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 4096 Jun 7 9:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 4096 Jun 7 9:52 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 572486 Jun 7 9:54 libiicore.so
[root_at_vmspot1 ~]#

The -l option does not appear to work with sftp or else I am missing
something. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Joe Ebmeier

-----Original Message-----
From: curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of James Housley
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:15 PM
To: libcurl development
Subject: Re: Curl sftp question...

On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Joe Ebmeier wrote:

>> For example the ftp protocol is based on the directory you
>> login to. Where sftp is based on the whole file system. For example
>> to get the listing of the home directory for a user would be
>>
>> curl -l -u interact:password sftp://javadev2.interact.nonreg/~/
>
> Right, I understand that sftp is based on the whole file system,
> but the -l
> option doesn't appear to work for sftp - as it outputs absolutely
> nothing.

Actually it does. Without "-l" all of the information about the
files are displayed. With "-l" only the name is shown.
Unfortunately it also only list directories, which I just committed
the fix for.

Jim

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