Determining directory size in FTP

pramodmudrakarta · 07-16-2007, 01:30 PM

Hi,
Suppose that I am accessing my data on a server via FTP. Is there a way of determining the size of a directory on the server?
sftp doesn't have a "du"-like command too.

Thanks
Pramod

acid_kewpie · 07-16-2007, 01:31 PM

directory sizes have nothing to do with networking. moved to Linux - Server. and are you talking about ftp or sftp? they are very different things.

pramodmudrakarta · 07-17-2007, 02:19 AM

Okay, suppose I am using an ftp client like sftp/gftp to access data on a server. There is a certain directory on that server, the size of which I want to find out. I want a method for finding out the size.

Hope I am clear

Pramod

acid_kewpie · 07-17-2007, 02:23 AM

as above, sftp is not ftp - you should read up on what they actually are. i thought that the dir command would list this, certianly somethign normally listed in ftp clients.

pramodmudrakarta · 07-17-2007, 08:37 AM

When I mentioned FTP, I did not mean the program "ftp" but the FTP protocol; which is why I put it in capitals.
The size which any ftp-client shows is not the actual size of the folder. I want to determine the actual size of the folder.

Pramod