On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Karl Ramberg wrote:

> Just looking at the returned ftp entry answers these strings, first one
> a file,
> second a directory:
>
>
> 'lrwxrwxrwx    1 1137     1100           36 Apr 12 07:12
> SqueakV3.sources.gz -> ../sources_files/SqueakV3.sources.gz'
> 'lrwxrwxrwx    1 0        1               5 Apr 24 11:15 pub -> .pub1'
>
>
>
> Do one have to follow the link and the see if it returns a directory or
> file, or can
> one get the info just from the returned string ?

The obvious clue there is the size, which is 0 for the directory and not
for the file.  Not a sure indication but might be helpful... ?