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Get FTP Directory Listing Information

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

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<html>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<body>
<%
success = 0

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set ftp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
' The default value is "*", which includes everything.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.ListPattern) & "</pre>"

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

n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

        ' Display the filename
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.GetFilename(i)) & "</pre>"

        ' Display the file size (in bytes)
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.GetSize(i)) & "</pre>"

        ' Is this a sub-directory?
        If (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) = 1) Then
            Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ".. this is a sub-directory") & "</pre>"
        End If

        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--") & "</pre>"
    Next
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "-----------------------------------") & "</pre>"

' Only files and directories
' matching the ListPattern are returned.
ftp.ListPattern = "*.asp"
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

        ' Display the filename
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.GetFilename(i)) & "</pre>"

        ' Display the file size (in bytes)
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.GetSize(i)) & "</pre>"

        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "--") & "</pre>"
    Next
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

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