Listing files on FTP server with ASP

[insania]

Hi, I am pretty new to asp and have found some ways of using ftp but they all involve creating a text file that is run all at once.
Is there any way of using asp and ftp on the fly, i.e. I issue a command to the ftp server, it is executed and any information sent back to me. I just want to be able to run an ls or list on the ftp server and get them in an asp array.
I am used to using PHP and this is a very simple task using that, with asp it seems i have to create a very long ftp file which is executed all together, then pipe the results to yet another file which I then have to search through to get which files exist in a specific directory on my ftp server.

Any help is appreciated, thanks

 

[Sheco]

Is the FTP server running on the same physical machine as the web server where your ASP will run? If so you could use the FileSystemObject to get a list of files and folders.

 

[insania]

Its depends, Im not writing it for personal use so people may have the asp on the same physical server as the ftp area but I don't know. As Im trying to make the script as accessible as possible I dont want to limit users to having that setup available to them.

Thanks anyways

 

[emozley]

This page looks quite helpful

http://benmeg.com/code/asp/ftp.asp.html

 

[insania]

Thanks, I was using that script but from a different source and have now midifed it in order to do what I want. I have to get a directory listing for my project so I have to run the script once to store an ftp "conversation" (dont have a clue if that is a real term!) to a file then split the file lines into an array and see if my filename is amongst them, if it isnt I have to run that script again to upload a specified file.

Finally got there!! And it seems to work! and I only needed to use about 3 times more code than PHP... I think there must be an easier way...

 

[emozley]

I think the only other option would be to get an FTP component from somewhere (compiled dll) and use that. You seem to have to pay for most of them though...this one is $10 which is about £5 so may be worth it...

http://www2.majodio.com/products.aspx?p=Majodio.FTP Trial