Hi, > *Warning: * there have been problems reported concerning the ftp get > with newer attribute. Problems might be due to format of ls -l differing > from what is expected by commons-net, for instance due to specificities > of langage used by the ftp server in the directory listing. If you > encounter such a problem, please send an email including a sample >directory listing coming from your ftp server (ls -l on the ftp prompt). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This mail to let you know about the exotic ftp configuration I'm confronted with and that Ant doesn't handle well, as far as date checking is concerned (depends or newer attribute). The FTP servers we use are hosted by a french AIX 4.3. Below is a sample ls -l on one of these FTP servers. ftp> ls -l 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for /bin/ls. total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 wnsiduk www 65 13 mar 2003 adviser.out -rwxr-xr-x 1 wnsiduk www 65 16 mai 2002 cnx.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 wnsiduk www 1541 10 oct 16:47 smit.log -rw-r--r-- 1 wnsiduk www 0 21 fév 2003 smit.script 226 Transfer complete. I'm not ready to propose any patch yet, as I don't master Java well enough, but I can suggest a way of handling such situations. I found this in TotalCommander (a file manager for Windows, and much more). Below is a template definition I created for TotalCommander to let it display and sort files on date/time according to our exotic FTP listings: Template1=pppppppppp !S* TTT=janfévmaravrmaijunjulaoûsepoctnovdéc DD UUUUU n* This template (see below for format definition) describes a listing produced by an FTP server on a french AIX 4.3 we have. Hoping this can help, I thank you for the tremendous work achieved so far on Ant. -- Laurent IZAC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extracted from TotalCommander online help : [...] List of definition characters (upper/lowercase is important!): Name-specific characters: n File name (nnnnnnnn means 8 letter file name, n* see definition of * below) v VMS style file name: name.ext;1 or dirname.dir;1 . (a dot) Remove trailing spaces from file name and append further characters separated by a dot (e.g. nnnnnnnn.nnn), see PC-NFSD sample below. Characters for date and time: D Day M Month TTT Three letter month name (Jan, Feb, Mar, ...), supports English, German and French. TTT=12 month names with 3 letters each Allows the definition of foreign language month names. Example (polish): TTT=stylutmarkwimajczelipsiewrzpa„lisgru UUUUU Unix-style year/time mix, e.g. either "2000 " or "20:30" in the same place Y Year h Hours H Hours modifier letter (a - a.m. time, p - p.m. time) m Minutes s Seconds Characters for other file attributes: S Size S=1024 Size multiplied with given value (here: 1024). Useful for servers which return the size in blocks. p Unix style permissions (e.g. -rwxrwxrwx, defines user rights) d dir flag, defines a directory if this char is D or d, e.g. part of text <DIR> or [DIR] d=x dir flag, the char defining a directory is given behind the = (see VOS sample below) Misc. characters: * 1. After any numeric field: use all digits up to first non-digit character 2. For name field not at line end: use all chars up to next space 3. For name field at line end: use all chars until the end of the line ! Skip all characters until first space or end of line $ Skip all spaces/tabstops until next character or end of line \ Data continues on next line (max. 2 lines supported) <space> Ignore character. Must not be at the beginning of a line, because Windows would delete all leading spaces! - (dash) Ignore character. Use this at the beginning of a line instead of a space. x Exaclty 1 space. If there is a different character at this position, ignore the whole line (e.g. to ignore lines above or below the file listing, which show the free disk space etc). Sample definition strings: 1. AIX Unix server: Sample listing: -rw-rw-r-- 1 dso posgroup 2913 Mar 25 1999 .Xdefaults drw-rw-r-- 1 dso posgroup 2913 Mar 25 13:30 subdir1 Definition string: pppppppppp SSSSSSS TTT DD UUUUU n* Or better: pppppppppp !S* TTT DD UUUUU n* Notes: The second definition is better because the owner and group names may be longer, moving the size string to the right. 2. PC-NFSD: Sample listing: prog1 exe 2,563,136 06-10-99 10:00a temp <dir> 01-27-97 3:41p Definition string: nnnnnnnn.nnn dSSSSSSSSSSS MM DD YY hh mmH Notes: The commas in numeric fields are detected automatically. This string gives an error of 1 for all directories because there is no size field, but errors up to 2 are ignored by Total Commander if there is no second definition string - otherwise the string giving the smaller error is used. The dot in the definition string removes the spaces in the name between prog1 and exe , and inserts a dot. 3. VOS (Stratus): Sample listing: w 10 seq 99-04-20 11:15:42 abbreviations m 4 99-07-02 10:11:25 arsffs32 Definition strings: - SSSSS YY MM DD hh mm ss n* - d= SSSSS YY MM DD hh mm ss n* Notes: This server has different lines for files and folders, so it needs 2 definition strings. 4. Unisys Clearpath: Sample listing: UCF/CONFIG/SAMPLE/TSA SEQDATA 1428 09/22/1998 18:37 FF990628/BD/0009942/0009943/000PRINT BACKUPPRINTER 7200 01/01/2000 04:22 Definition strings: nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn SSSSSSSSS MM DD YYYY hh mm n*\x SSSSSSSSS MM DD YYYY hh mm Notes: This is an example of a server wrapping to 2 lines if file name becomes too long, so it needs 2 definition strings. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
