curl and directories

[James Rea]

> I'm using curl to retrieve directories on web servers. The list of 
> the directory contents has several elements for each item in the 
> list; read/write status, ownership, dates and the folder or file name 
> itself.
> 
> I've been unable to see a way to extract just the file name since the 
> elements are separated by spaces rather than tabs. A file name with 
> spaces eludes easy identification.
> 
> It's not clear either on what's a file and what's a folder.
> 
> Has anyone else dealt with these issues?

Is this on your server, or someone elses?

If someone else's, you are entirely at their mercy. The format has
nothing to do with curl, it is determined by the server software.

If it is your server, you might want to write your own procedures on the
server to return the directory information in an unambigous format.

Jim Rea
President, ProVUE Development

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