How do I get list of files from FTP server?
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This example demonstrate how to retrieve list of files from FTP server.
package org.kodejava.example.commons.net;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFile;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import java.io.IOException;
public class FtpListDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
FTPClient client = new FTPClient();
try {
client.connect("ftp.domain.com");
client.login("admin", "secret");
//
// Obtain a list of filenames in the current working directory. When
// no file found an empty array will be returned.
//
String[] names = client.listNames();
for (String name : names) {
System.out.println("Name = " + name);
}
FTPFile[] ftpFiles = client.listFiles();
for (FTPFile ftpFile : ftpFiles) {
//
// Check if FTPFile is a regular file
//
if (ftpFile.getType() == FTPFile.FILE_TYPE) {
System.out.println("FTPFile: " + ftpFile.getName() + "; " +
FileUtils.byteCountToDisplaySize(ftpFile.getSize()));
}
}
client.logout();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
client.disconnect();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
Here is the example result of our code:
Name = .
Name = ..
Name = .data
Name = example.html
Name = Touch.dat
FTPFile: .data; 1 KB
FTPFile: examples.html; 1 bytes
FTPFile: Touch.dat; 0 bytes
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