Need name and size of files in directory on remote server

[nmccormick]

I need to get the name and size of files in a directory on a remote server. I need the results of this listing to be stored in a file on the local server. I have tried starting an ftp session and executing
ls -l remotedirectory localfilename
but ftp apparently doesn't like the -l. I have tried other sub-commands like nlist and dir but they don't appear to have an option to print the list on the local server. By the way in case it makes a difference, the local server is Solaris, the remote server is AIX.

I am fairly inexperienced at Unix scripting so I am not sure what other options I may have. Can someone offer some guidance or directions to reading material?

Thanks.
Nancy

 

[grega]

You could look at rsh, which allows you to run commands on a remote machine. Read the man page for rsh. Then when you have it set up correctly, you should be able to do rsh remote_server_name ls -l /path/to/dir

Greg.

 

[nmccormick]

Since I wrote my note I also found rsh. I have tested some but not successfully yet. I will keep trying.
Thanks,
Nancy