in reply to FTP Get Directory Tree Only

If you have access to the server, or know someone who does, one solution would be to generate a ls-lR.gz file, listing all the files below the desired root, and then grab and parse this file. For this, File::Listing would be handy.

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Re^2: FTP Get Directory Tree Only
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Aug 15, 2006 at 11:21 UTC
    If that's an acceptable solution, then you might also try the command:
    find . -type d

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    which will give you a list of directories in a more convenient form, e.g.:
    .
./.cpan
./.cpan/build
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/arch
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/arch/auto
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/arch/auto/Authen
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/arch/auto/Authen/SASL
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib/Authen
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib/Authen/SASL
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib/Authen/SASL/Perl
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib/auto
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib/auto/Authen
./.cpan/build/Authen-SASL-2.10/blib/lib/auto/Authen/SASL
 . . . etcetera . . .

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Re^2: FTP Get Directory Tree Only
by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Aug 15, 2006 at 02:45 UTC
    Thanks for that. Great idea.

    ($_='kkvvttuu bbooppuuiiffss qqffssmm iibbddllffss')
    =~y~b-v~a-z~s; print
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