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...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:52:38 +0200 cedric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've tried to create a shell script that uses wget, but i can't get the >listing of the remote server without actually downloading the complete >server. I can however get the listing of the top directory of the ftp site. > >Could you please give me the magic line to let wget spit out the recursive >contents of the FTP server? > >Best regards, and thanks for your trouble, >Cedric > >On Sunday 15 October 2006 13:47, John Lockman wrote: >> It would be easy to throw together a simple perl, or even bash script >> to go check the current list of files on the ftp server and diff it >> against the one it last had. Give it a shot. >> >> On 10/15/06, cedric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > First of all, i apologize for my very much off-topic question. I hope >> > however there's somebody who can help me on this one. >> > >> > The new versions of software i use and support are on a ftp server. New >> > versions are dumped there, but nobody tells me when a new version >> > arrives. ;-) >> > >> > There are a lot of ftp clients out there, but i have not yet found a >> > version that lets me see if there's a new version of a file without >> > downloading it first. >> > >> > Has anybody seen such a program? >> > >> > Greetings, >> > Cedric >> > -- >> > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat >> > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >> > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >> >> -- >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." >> -Linus Torvalds >> "Windows is easier than Linux, just like crapping your pants is easier >> than going to the bathroom." >> - Martin from compsci.ca forums >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Things I found but won't tell you where I got them: >> - "When encryption is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl" >> >> - "Trust No one" >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> If you think this signature was boring, I suggest you make a better one for >> me. >-- >http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
