Commons Net - List files with more than a wildcard "*" in path

Question

Hello everybody!
I�m starting to use commons net library in a java project, and I have this doubt: I need to list files in a ftp server, for instance, like this �action*/slot*-qual*.txt�
i.e., I want to list all the files like �slot (something) � qual (something) .txt�, in all directories beginning with �action (something)�.
When I put this path in a variable named �path� and pass it to the listFiles method, it returns me a list of zero files. But, for instance, if I only pass the path �action*�, the listFiles returns me all the directories beginning with �action�, like action01, action02, etc. The same happens if I pass only �slot*-qual*.txt�, giving me all the files that respect the command, within a certain directory, like slot1-qual101010.txt, slot2-qual10.txt, slot3-qual1.txt, etc.
So, there�s must me a method to do this kind of listing, isn�t it? Is it possible to list the files like this?
If I put the command �ls action*/slot*-qual*.txt� in an ftp client that I use, I get the correct list that I need, so it works like this!
Thanks a lot everybody!
Andr� Augusto
FTPClient ftp;
FTPFile[] files;
files=ftp.listFiles(path);
for (int i=0; i<files.length; i++)
logger.info("Index: "+i+ " -> Name: " +files.getName());

Answer 1

Hello everybody!
I�m starting to use commons net library in a java project, and I have this doubt: I need to list files in a ftp server, for instance, like this �action*/slot*-qual*.txt�
i.e., I want to list all the files like �slot (something) � qual (something) .txt�, in all directories beginning with �action (something)�.
When I put this path in a variable named �path� and pass it to the listFiles method, it returns me a list of zero files. But, for instance, if I only pass the path �action*�, the listFiles returns me all the directories beginning with �action�, like action01, action02, etc. The same happens if I pass only �slot*-qual*.txt�, giving me all the files that respect the command, within a certain directory, like slot1-qual101010.txt, slot2-qual10.txt, slot3-qual1.txt, etc.
So, there�s must me a method to do this kind of listing, isn�t it? Is it possible to list the files like this?
If I put the command �ls action*/slot*-qual*.txt� in an ftp client that I use, I get the correct list that I need, so it works like this!
Thanks a lot everybody!
Andr� Augusto
FTPClient ftp;
FTPFile[] files;
files=ftp.listFiles(path);
for (int i=0; i<files.length; i++)
logger.info("Index: "+i+ " -> Name: " +files.getName());