04-23-2008
The FTP protocol has commands for getting the file size, but the output format etc was never standardized and what you get from a random Windoze box might be a bit tacky. Anyway, the big problem with using a run-of-the-mill ftp client is that once you have started the client, you can't easily interact with it.
My first suggestion would be to look at more feature-oriented ftp clients such as lftp or ncftp. My second suggestion, half in jest, would be to cobble together your own little simple client from Perl and chewing gum. Probably Python has good libraries for this, too (actually most likely better out of the box than Perl). Unless of course you can install a better server over on the Wintendo box (SSH has the added benefit that it is also secure).
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
ftp
ftp(4) File Formats ftp(4)
NAME
ftp - FTP client configuration file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/default/ftp
DESCRIPTION
Use the ftp file to configure the behavior of the FTP client. Lines that begin with a hash symbol ("# ") are treated as comment lines and
are ignored.
Behavior Directives
The ftp file supports the following behavior directives:
FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST=yes | no The ls command of the ftp client sends an NLST to the FTP Server by default. Several non-Solaris clients send
LIST instead. In order to make the Solaris ftp client send LIST when the ls command is issued, set
FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST to no. The value of FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST is yes by default.
If the user sets a value for FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST in the user's environment, this value will override any FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST directive that is
specified in /etc/default/ftp.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWbipr |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ftp(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 22 Oct 2002 ftp(4)