Classic ASP

Get a Remote FTP File's Size by Name as a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetSizeStrByName method, which returns the size in bytes of a named file in the current remote directory as a decimal string. The only argument is the filename.

Background: Returning the size as text avoids integer-width limits entirely, so this is the safe choice for a file of any size and for languages without a convenient large-integer type. Like the other by-name lookups it takes a bare filename in the current directory; parse the string when you need arithmetic, or use it directly for display.

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

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetSizeStrByName method, which returns the size in bytes of a named file
'  in the current remote directory as a decimal string.  The only argument is the filename.

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

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

'  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
'  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.Password = "myPassword"

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

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

'  The string form avoids integer-size limits, so it is safe for files of any size.
fileSize = ftp.GetSizeStrByName("bigfile.zip")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "bigfile.zip is " & fileSize & " bytes") & "</pre>"

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


%>
</body>
</html>