Re: Microsoft FTP format

[Guido Van Hoecke]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for you reply.

>> Some sites use the M$ format and can not be read by (my) emacs.
>>
>> Is there some workaround other than bribing the provider into using the
>> unix format, which is unfortunately not always possible?
>>
>> There must be some elisp code out there to handle that format?
>
> Could you please show the contents of the ange-ftp buffer of such an attempt?

  /mollycorpcom@ftp.molly-corp.com:/:
  12-21-12  09:14AM                45411 .Security
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          anon_ftp
  12-14-12  11:38AM       <DIR>          bitsy
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          cgi-bin
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          error_docs
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          httpdocs
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          httpsdocs
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          private
  12-14-12  11:09AM       <DIR>          site1
  12-14-12  11:10AM       <DIR>          slidy
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          statistics
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          subdomains
  12-19-12  11:48AM       <DIR>          tappy
  12-14-12  11:11AM       <DIR>          targister
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          vault_scripts
  12-21-12  09:14AM       <DIR>          vhc
  12-20-12  10:18PM       <DIR>          vho
  12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          web_users
  12-18-12  03:35PM       <DIR>          xoox

Opening the same site with ftp in an emacs buffer shows:
$ ftp molly-corp.com
Connected to molly-corp.com.
220 Microsoft FTP Service
331 Password required for mollycorpcom.
230 User logged in.
Remote system type is Windows_NT.
ftp> ls
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||57521|)
125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
12-21-12  09:14AM                45411 .Security
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          anon_ftp
12-14-12  11:38AM       <DIR>          bitsy
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          cgi-bin
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          error_docs
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          httpdocs
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          httpsdocs
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          private
12-14-12  11:09AM       <DIR>          site1
12-14-12  11:10AM       <DIR>          slidy
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          statistics
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          subdomains
12-19-12  11:48AM       <DIR>          tappy
12-14-12  11:11AM       <DIR>          targister
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          vault_scripts
12-21-12  09:14AM       <DIR>          vhc
12-20-12  10:18PM       <DIR>          vho
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          web_users
12-18-12  03:35PM       <DIR>          xoox
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> ls httpdocs
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||57522|)
125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          App_Data
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          css
12-14-12  10:19AM                 1150 favicon.ico
12-14-12  10:19AM                  905 header.js
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          img
12-21-12  07:04PM                 9342 index.html
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          picture_library
12-14-12  10:19AM       <DIR>          test
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>

I listed the httpdocs so that you have an idea about the format used to
display regular files.

HTH,


Guido

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