Lincoln Anderson wrote:
Here’s where my problem comes in. How can I tell from the list array
whether an item is a directory or a file to be copied? Is there
something I can use (such as an FTP command) to catch a clue on how to
implement this? I know this is possible, as ftpmirror is done with
PERL and Ruby can do anything PERL can do - better 
Here’s a class I defined to use in a script I run that moves files
between various Unix and Windows servers at my company. Haven’t looked
at the code in a while, so it might be ugly, but it works!
class FTPLocation
def initialize(host, userid, password, path)
@host, @userid, @password = host, userid, password
if path.nil?
@path = './'
else
@path = path
end
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# to_s
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def to_s
return ‘%s - %s’ % [@host, @path]
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# connect
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def connect
@ftp = Net::FTP.new(@host, @userid, @password)
@ftp.debug_mode = true
@ftp.chdir(@path)
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# empty?
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def empty?
@ftp.list.each do |entry|
next if entry[0] == ‘d’
return false
end
return true
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# each_file
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def each_file
t = Time.now
@ftp.list.each do |entry|
next if entry[0] == ‘d’
filename = entry.split(’ ')[-1]
next if t - @ftp.mtime(filename) < 300
yield filename
end
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# file_exists?
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def file_exists?(filename)
@ftp.list.each do |entry|
next if entry[0] == ‘d’
return true if filename == entry.split(’ ')[-1]
end
return false
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# get_file
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def get_file(filename, dest_path, xfer_type)
if xfer_type == ‘binary’
@ftp.getbinaryfile(filename, dest_path)
else
@ftp.gettextfile(filename, dest_path)
end
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# put_file
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def put_file(source_path, filename, xfer_type)
if xfer_type == ‘binary’
@ftp.putbinaryfile(source_path, filename)
else
@ftp.puttextfile(source_path, filename)
end
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# delete_file
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def delete_file(filename)
@ftp.delete(filename)
end
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# close
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
def close
@ftp.close if @ftp
end
end
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