So let's say my FTP client is not the most expensive (was FREE), nor the most advanced client out there, and I want to know what were the most recent files I modified and uploaded to a site, how do I do it using just Microsoft Windows?
How?
I don't have a clue. Here's what I've got so far:
- Open a command-prompt (Start > Run > Type COMMAND > OK)
- Type ftp my_ftp_host (where "my_ftp_host" is the hostname or IP of the server holding my site)
- Enter login credentials
- Type dir (lists files & folders in the current remote working directory)
- Type cd /path/to/my/website to change directory to the root folder containing your website.
- Type pwd to confirm the remote working directory is the current directory.
- Type lcd to confirm what the local working directory is (when you download or print output, it will save to this folder on your computer). Can type lcd <another_working_directory> if you want to change this (leave blank to simply display what current local working directory is).
- Type dir -S . temp.txt which will output all files including subdirectories to temp.txt in your local working folder.
Additional Notes
- the switch "-S" does not work on certain systems (at least not accompanied with the command to output to a local file. Type dir . temp.txt to output the current remote directory list of files to the local file temp.txt.
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