FTP client subcommand
The DIR FTP client subcommand
displays libraries and their contents or the remote system's list of directories
and directory entries. Use the Directory (DIR) subcommand in this format:
- name
- The name of the directory or library. The default is the entire current
directory or library. To make a library or directory current, use the Change
Working Directory (CD) subcommand. How you specify a set of remote files depends
on the system. Most systems allow a generic asterisk, *.
If the remote system is an iSeries™, for example: DIR MYLIB/MYFILE. * produces
a list of all members of MYFILE in library MYLIB.
There are two possible
file name formats you can use. The example shown here uses NAMEFMT 0. For
information about FTP file naming, see NAMEFMT (Select File Naming Format).
- (Disk
- Stores the results of the DIR subcommand in the file * CURLIB/DIROUTPUT.DIROUTPUT,
instead of showing the results on the display.
If the remote system is an iSeries, the information includes:
- For database files, the *FILE objects, and members.
- For hierarchical file system (HFS) files:
- All document library services (QDLS) folders and their contents, which
can be other folders or documents.
- All optical volumes (QOPT) and their contents, which can be directories
or files.
Use the DIR subcommand with caution. If you enter the DIR subcommand
without any parameters, the server produces a listing of all the current directory
files. This might be a much longer list than you want.
To get a list
of the file names in a directory, use the List (LS) subcommand.