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Xrootd does not provide the directory listing (ls) semantics as a file system does. The xrdls is a command line tool that looks a little bit like an ls. By defaults it loops over all xrootd data servers and obtains a directory listing for each of them.

The usage is:
xrdls -l dataServer directory

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Code Block
titleusage

xrdls \[-_l_\] \[_dataserver_\] directory

* \-_l_ prints a long listing
* specify _dataserver_ if the listing from only this server is requested. Default is to loop over all servers

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It is implemented by using the standard unix ls command together with the xrootd preload library.
Below are some examples

Code Block
titlesimple ls
> xrdls  /glast/mc
==listing from server sulky02
ServiceChallenge  TonyTest  junk
==listing from server sulky47
DC2  ServiceChallenge  junk
==listing from server sulky48
DC2  ServiceChallenge  TonyTest  junk
Code Block
titlels using long format
>xrdls -l /glast/mc

==listing from server sulky02
total 4
drwx------    1 wilko    ec           1536 Aug  2 15:38 ServiceChallenge
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 Jun 17 13:39 TonyTest
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 May 15 16:36 junk
==listing from server sulky47
total 3
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 Jan  8  2007 DC2
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 May  3 09:54 ServiceChallenge
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 Feb 28 09:13 junk
==listing from server sulky48
total 5
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 Jan  8  2007 DC2
drwx------    1 wilko    ec           1536 Jul 27 17:28 ServiceChallenge
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 Jun 17 13:39 TonyTest
drwx------    1 wilko    ec            512 May 16 18:15 junk