How do I read the file names in a server directory?

You can't. If the server has an FTP service, you can list the files. If it's simply a web page, you might be lucky that the response to a request for a directory lists the files in that directory, which you could theoretically parse.

Isn;t this EXACTLY the same question as here:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20527564/How-to-read-a-server-side-file.html

Do you have the page where you created the question bookmarked?

No...sorry....my mistake :-(

I'll go and hide over here....just try to ignore me ;-)

Well the question does appear there too (at the end). Had i realised that before, i wouldn't have answered this one, as the last time i answered the other question, somebody else got the points for implementing my answer.

Hi CEHJ, Can you tell me how I read the files from an ftp site? (this time I will make sure you get the points)

or who ever answers my question!!

import sun.net.ftp.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import sun.net.*;


public class FtpList2 {


  public static void main(String[] args){
    if(args.length < 4){
     System.out.println("Usage: java FtpList <host> <user name> <password> <remote directory>");
     System.exit(-1);
    }
    FtpClient client = null;
    TelnetInputStream tis = null;
    BufferedReader in = null;
    String fileName = null;
    try {
      client = new FtpClient(args[0]);
      client.login(args[1],args[2]);
      client.cd(args[3]);
      tis = client.list();
      in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(tis));
      while ((fileName = in.readLine()) != null){
        System.out.println(fileName);
      }
    }
    catch (IOException e){
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    finally {
      try { in.close(); } catch(IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
    }
 }

}

Excellent, it works good, but I just need file name, but I am getting lot other stuff like:

-rw-r--r--   1 11742    997          342 Feb 25 04:22 .dir
-rw-r--r--   1 11742    997          345 Feb 24 12:22 file1.txt
-rw-r--r--   1 11742    997          262 Feb 24 12:22 file2.txt
-rw-r--r--   1 11742    997          288 Feb 24 12:22 file3.txt

Here I just need file1.txt,file2.txt,file3.txt

ANy idea?

Great!

Thanks