Date   : Sat, 13 Oct 1990 15:45:00 MDT
From   : Keith Petersen <w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: SIMTEL20 FTP server LIST output improved

A change has been made to provide a more informative output of the
LIST command, sent to SIMTEL20's FTP Server, usually by a client's
"dir" command.  The modification does not interfere with other output
formats required by other TOPS-20 systems, such as STAT with args.
The output format is similar to the Unix "ls" format, but without the
protection, owner, and group info.  The order is:

bytecount(bytesize) lastwrite_date lastwrite_time filename

bytecount is right-justified, blank-filled, in an eight-column field.
bytesize is right-justified, zero-filled, in a two-column field to
accommodate a 36-bit bytesize.  The lastwrite_date is blank-filled.
The lastwrite_time is zero-filled.  filename is left-justified.

Pagecount was deliberately not included as it has significance only to
other TOPS-20 hosts, and that information is available with the
default SMART-DIRECTORY option, which uses the STAT command with args
instead of the LIST command.

Thanks to Frank Wancho for making the change.

Comments by email welcome.  Send to: Action@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL

Keith
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