dwm042:

Yes, but some FTP servers will give you some even uglier output, like:

125 List started OK.
Volume Unit     Date  Ext Used Recfm Lrecl BlkSz Dsorg Dsname
APCSPL 3380D  07/16/97  1    1  FB      80  8800  PS  ETC.RPC
APCSPL 3380D  08/03/97  1    1  FB      80  3200  PS  ETC.SERVICES
APCSPL 3380D  08/03/97  1    1  FB      80  3120  PS  FTP.DATA
APCSPL 3380D  08/02/97  1    1  F      158   158  PS  HOSTS.ADDRINFO
APCSPL 3380D  08/03/97  1    1  FB      80  3120  PS  HOSTS.LOCAL
APCSPL 3380D  07/30/97  1    1  F       56    56  PS  HOSTS.SITEINFO
250 List completed successfully.

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So if you're trying to be tolerant of multiple FTP servers, be aware that you may have to have multiple parsers. (Note: The above was snipped from the IBM help pages.)

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re^2: Parsing FTP ls command results by roboticus
in thread Parsing FTP ls command results by Gangabass

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