FTP: NSLT

The situation with NLST seems to be clear and unambiguous ... but is not. Imagine the following command:

   NSLT dir

some servers respond with something like this

   file1
   file2

while other servers respond with different output

  dir/file1
  dir/file2

FTP: GetNameList + GetFileSize

GetNameList works almost universally. GetFileSize is not supported by some FTP servers. And in some FTP servers the SIZE commands returns 0 for directories (so it's hard to decide whether a FTP item is file or directory).

SFTP: GetNameList, GetList and GetRawList

There is only one method for getting a directory content in the SFTP protocol. Those three methods are provided only for convenience and in order to have API similar to FTP component.

Best way how to get a directory list

FTP:

The best way would be calling Ftp.GetList() and let the parser handle all problems. If the format cannot be parsed then call the Ftp.GetRawList and mail the output to support@rebex.net. We'll be happy to enhance the built-in parser so it can handle this new format.

You can also subscribe to FtpItem.ItemParse event and provide your own parser. Sample parser which processes *nix access rights can be found in Rebex FTP Console Client sample.

SFTP:

Sftp.GetList() should work everywhere.