Net::SSH2 list files

WhiskeyJack has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

Is there some way for me to list all the files in a folder on my SFTP server using Net::SSH2. Right now I'm using a shell script but that won't work because the program will be run on several different operating systems.

Thanks in Advance

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Re: Net::SSH2 list files by salva (Canon) on Aug 08, 2012 at 11:49 UTC
You have to call `Net::SSH2::SFTP::opendir` method to get a directory handle object and then read the entries from it. An easy solution would be to use Net::SFTP::Foreign with the Net::SSH2 backend Net::SFTP::Foreign::Backend::Net_SSH2.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Net::SSH2 list files by WhiskeyJack (Initiate) on Aug 08, 2012 at 12:13 UTC
Thanks for replying salva! The problem I have is that I can't figure out a way to read the entries. I can't use Net::SFTP::Foreign at all since I'm on a windows and cygwin is not responding to my pleading :D Is there some other way to get this information from the opendir command?	[reply]
Re^3: Net::SSH2 list files by salva (Canon) on Aug 08, 2012 at 12:21 UTC
`# untested! my $sftp = $ssh2->sftp; my $dh = $sftp->opendir($dir); while (my %entries = $dh->read) { print "$_\n" for keys %entries; }` [download] BTW, Net::SFTP::Foreign works with ActiveState and Strawberry versions of perl.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Net::SSH2 list files by WhiskeyJack (Initiate) on Aug 08, 2012 at 12:41 UTC
Re^5: Net::SSH2 list files by salva (Canon) on Aug 08, 2012 at 12:46 UTC
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