How do I get a list of all of the files in all the directories on an ftp site?
I would like the list to be in a text file.
I am working from a win 98 system.
I am looking at my remotly hosted ftp site.
I do not want to ask the hosting company for this information.

Hello dan_cr-ga,

You use Internet Explorer (should be fairly common, also works in
Netscape Navigator)
in the URL bar you type in
ftp://YourUserName:YourPassword@YourDomainName.com
(YourDomainName.com does not have www. in front of it)
This will take you to your root, and you may have to click
your WWW folder to get you to the HTML and other file listings.
Once you see all your directory listings you can 'Save As' plain text.

If you need clarification or further explaination on this process
please ask.
(This assumes that you do have FTP access to your own site).

regards
lot-ga

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Clarification of Answer by lot-ga on 02 Aug 2002 14:14 PDT

Hello,
ahhh... I see you question from another angle,
you want to list all the files in one go?
The above solution is only good for all the contents in one directory
level.
(but is a free method if you wanted to just click the directory level
you wanted saving as plain text)

You will need something like WebGrab!
http://www.eastbaytech.com/webgrab.htm
This indexes FTP sites
"Simply enter an ftp address and WebGrab! will index (list) entire ftp
site for you listing all files on the site."
Cost is a moderate $24 and there is a 30 day demo, and it exports to
text file
regards lot-ga

He answered my question with his second responce.  He did not
undersatnd the question with his first responce.  The product he
suggested seems to work, to a point.  I am working with tech support
to see if the product will do all that i want.

Using command line FTP, you can also enter the command 'ls -R' from
the ftp> prompt.  This may not work on all systems but will work on
the majority of FTP servers that are Unix based.

Yes that worked to get the list of files, but it was on screen.  I
need it in a text file.  Thanks