FTP: using "stat" to retrieve dirlisting over control connection
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Key: NET-165
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-165
Project: Commons Net
Issue Type: Wish
Reporter: Stefan Tauner
Priority: Minor
dirlisting over a data connection with "list" is usually quite slow in
comparision with "stat" because the latter doesnt need to set up a data
connection but gets all data back through the control connection.
the behaviour is defined in rfc 959 (_the_ ftp rfc) on page 33 ("STATUS
(STAT)").
i am new to commons net, so i am not sure whats the best way to implement this,
but i think an option to turn the existing FTPClient.listFiles() methods into
using stat instead of list would be the best option. that way it would not
break any existing code and the upgrade would be easy too...
i am not sure how many server implementations are actually supporting this, but
mine does and since it would be optional (and non default) behaviour, i dont
think thats a problem anyway.
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