Get FTP Directory Listing Information

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VBScript example showing how to get information about files and subdirectories in the current remote FTP directory.

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

ftp.Hostname = "www.example-code.com"
ftp.Username = "****"
ftp.Password = "****"

'  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
'  The default value is "*", which includes everything.
outFile.WriteLine(ftp.ListPattern)

'  To get file and sub-directory information, simply
'  loop from 0 to ftp.NumFilesAndDirs - 1

n = ftp.NumFilesAndDirs
If (n < 0) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (n > 0) Then
    For i = 0 To n - 1

        '  Display the filename
        outFile.WriteLine(ftp.GetFilename(i))

        '  Display the file size (in bytes)
        outFile.WriteLine(ftp.GetSize(i))

        '  Is this a sub-directory?
        If (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) = 1) Then
            outFile.WriteLine(".. this is a sub-directory")
        End If

        outFile.WriteLine("--")
    Next
End If

outFile.WriteLine("-----------------------------------")

'  Changing the ListPattern automatically changes the value
'  of the NumFilesAndDirs property.  Only files and directories
'  matching the ListPattern are returned.
ftp.ListPattern = "*.asp"
n = ftp.NumFilesAndDirs
If (n < 0) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (n > 0) Then
    For i = 0 To n - 1

        '  Display the filename
        outFile.WriteLine(ftp.GetFilename(i))

        '  Display the file size (in bytes)
        outFile.WriteLine(ftp.GetSize(i))

        outFile.WriteLine("--")
    Next
End If

ftp.Disconnect 
outFile.Close