MLST FTP command

This article describes the use of the Machine List (MLST) FTP command.

The MLST command is defined in the IETF working draft Extensions to FTP (© 2018 IETF Tools available at https://tools.ietf.org/, obtained on 2018). It is sent from the client to the server in order to retrieve information about a specific entity. Unlike similar commands used to retrieve information, the response is sent over the command channel. Therefore, no data connection is required to issue this command. The MLST command may be issued with an optional parameter that specifies the entity the server should return information about. If no parameter is provided, then the server must return information about the user's current directory.

Common responses 

• 250 FTP response code
• 421 FTP response code , 450 FTP response code , 451 FTP response code
• 500 FTP response code , 501 FTP response code , 502 FTP response code , 530 FTP response code , 534 FTP response code , 535 FTP response code

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