List the details of a network directory with a shell script.

Question

This is new to me a little. But my objective is to run a script that will display the directory of a network drive. I am on a mac and the network drive is a local SMB connection.

I have been able to use

ls ~/Documents

and that lists a specificed local directory, but I am unable to get it to show contents of a network directory.

BTW, my finished product is a directory listing of our FTP server (XP) on my Mac (10.6.4) desktop using GeekTool. This will allow me to watch changes in the directory in real time.