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Article 0179

MLST / MLSD

Purpose
Machine readable format for directory listings. MLST and MLSD are FTP commands intended to provide detailed, standardized directory listings across different server platforms.

FTP Commands
MLST, MLSD

RFC
draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-16

FTP Server Software with MLST/MLSD Support
NetBSD-ftp, NcFTPD, Titan Server / Visinetic, SurgeFTP, Globalscape Secure FTP Server, PureFTPd, WFTPD, RaidenFTPd 2.4 build 800+, gene6 3.x
Soon: drftpd

Example Hosts
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com
ftp://ftp.pureftpd.org
ftp://netwinsite.com
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org

Keywords
mlst, mlsd

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