movedat Browsing Directories

If you specify only a remote source, leaving out any local destination, then the contents of the remote source may be sent to stdout.  This can be used to browse directory listings.  For example, to list the top level directory of host foo.bar.com, type:

movedat foo.bar.com:

To list the contents of the subdirectory dirname, you could type:

movedat foo.bar.com:dirname

The server always uses forward slash '/' as its path delimter.  So browsing subdirectories will look like:

movedat foo.bar.com:dirname/subdirname

The remote path dirname will be evaluated relative to your Home Directory on the server.  If the server allows it, you may use an absolute pathname (one starting with a '/') to browse files outside your home directory.

When movedat is sending output to a terminal or console window, it will only allow directory listings to be displayed.  If the remote path corresponds to a file, an error message will be given.  See Displaying Files for a means to override this.

If you are using movedat in an embedded environment, see the Structured Lists section for instructions on obtaining a machine parseable listing.