B4X

Get FTP File Permissions

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_LANGUAGE_ example showing how to retrieve file permissions (via FTP) for each file in a remote directory. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

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

'  Set the various properties to establish the connection.
ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

'  If SSL/TLS is required..
'  See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
'  for more information.
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.PassiveUseHostAddr = True

'  Connect to the FTP server:
success = ftp.ConnectOnly
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
ftp.AllowMlsd = False

'  To get file and sub-directory information, simply
'  loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
Dim i As Int = 0
Dim n As Int = ftp.GetDirCount
If n < 0 Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Show the type of permissions information that is available.
'  The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
'  online reference documentation for more information.
If n > 0 Then
    Log("The permissions format is: " & ftp.GetPermType(0))
End If


Do While i < n

    '  Display the permissions and filename
    Log(ftp.GetPermissions(i) & " " & ftp.GetFilename(i))

    i = i + 1
Loop

'  Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
ftp.AllowMlsd = True

'  Clear the directory cache so we're forced to re-fetch the directory listing:
ftp.ClearDirCache

n = ftp.GetDirCount
If n < 0 Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Show the type of permissions information that is available.
'  The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
'  online reference documentation for more information.
If n > 0 Then
    Log("----")
    Log("The permissions format is: " & ftp.GetPermType(0))
End If


i = 0
Do While i < n

    '  Display the permissions and filename
    Log(ftp.GetPermissions(i) & " " & ftp.GetFilename(i))

    i = i + 1
Loop

success = ftp.Disconnect