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Rory Winston closed NET-165.
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Resolution: Won't Fix
> FTP: using "stat" to retrieve dirlisting over control connection
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> Key: NET-165
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-165
> Project: Commons Net
> Issue Type: Wish
> Reporter: Stefan Tauner
> Priority: Minor
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> dirlisting over a data connection with "list" is usually quite slow in
> comparision with "stat" because the latter doesnt need to set up a data
> connection but gets all data back through the control connection.
> the behaviour is defined in rfc 959 (_the_ ftp rfc) on page 33 ("STATUS
> (STAT)").
> i am new to commons net, so i am not sure whats the best way to implement
> this, but i think an option to turn the existing FTPClient.listFiles()
> methods into using stat instead of list would be the best option. that way it
> would not break any existing code and the upgrade would be easy too...
> i am not sure how many server implementations are actually supporting this,
> but mine does and since it would be optional (and non default) behaviour, i
> dont think thats a problem anyway.
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