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Check if an FTP Listing Entry is a Symbolic Link

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetIsSymbolicLink method, which returns whether a cached directory-listing entry is a symbolic link. The only argument is a zero-based index. This information is available only when the server's listing format reports it.

Background: Symbolic links matter because following one can lead outside the expected directory or into a cycle, so recursive operations often need to identify and skip them. Unlike the file/directory distinction, symlink information is not always present — only listing formats that mark links (typically Unix-style LIST output) expose it, and this returns false when the server does not.

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Local $bSuccess = False

;  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetIsSymbolicLink method, which returns whether a cached directory-listing
;  entry is a symbolic link.  The only argument is a zero-based index.  This information is only
;  available when the server's listing format reports it.

$oFtp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ftp2")

$oFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$oFtp.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.
$oFtp.Password = "myPassword"

$bSuccess = $oFtp.Connect()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
;  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
Local $iN = $oFtp.GetDirCount()
If ($iN < 0) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

Local $i
For $i = 0 To $iN - 1
Local $sName = $oFtp.GetFilename($i)
    If ($oFtp.GetIsSymbolicLink($i)) Then
        ConsoleWrite("[LINK] " & $sName & @CRLF)
    Else
        ConsoleWrite("       " & $sName & @CRLF)
    EndIf

Next

$bSuccess = $oFtp.Disconnect()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf