B4X

Get a Remote FTP File's Creation Time by Name

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetCreateTimeByNameStr method, which returns the creation time of a named item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is the filename.

Background: Creation time is the least commonly supported of the timestamps — many servers report only the modification time — so treat an empty or missing result as "not available" rather than an error. Where it is provided, it is useful precisely because it does not change when a file is edited.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetCreateTimeByNameStr method, which returns the creation time of a named
'  item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string.  The only argument is the
'  filename.

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

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 = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Not all servers report a creation time.
Dim createTime As String = ftp.GetCreateTimeByNameStr("report.pdf")
If ftp.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log("Created: " & createTime)

success = ftp.Disconnect
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If