C#

SFTP Get File Date/Times in Different Formats

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Demonstrates how to get remote file date/times in different formats. C#

bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.SFtp sftp = new Chilkat.SFtp();

//  Connect to the SSH server.  
string hostname = "my-sftp-server.com";
int port = 22;
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Authenticate with the SSH server. 
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Open a directory on the server...
//  This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
string handle = sftp.OpenDir("junk");
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Download the directory listing:

Chilkat.SFtpDir dirListing = new Chilkat.SFtpDir();
success = sftp.ReadDirListing(handle,dirListing);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Close the directory handle
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Iterate over the files.
//  Examine each filename and indicate those that match *FICHERO*.pdf
//  (i.e. the filename contains the word "FICHERO" and ends in ".pdf")
Chilkat.SFtpFile fileObj = new Chilkat.SFtpFile();
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbFilename = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
bool caseSensitive = false;
bool bLocalDateTime = false;

Chilkat.CkDateTime dt = new Chilkat.CkDateTime();
int i = 0;
int n = dirListing.NumFilesAndDirs;
while (i < n) {

    success = dirListing.FileAt(i,fileObj);
    if (success == false) {
        Debug.WriteLine(dirListing.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    Debug.WriteLine(fileObj.Filename);

    //  Get the last-modified date/time
    dt.SetFromRfc822(fileObj.LastModifiedTimeStr);

    //  Get the date/time in other formats offered by the CkDateTime object.

    //  such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
    Debug.WriteLine("RFC822 format: " + dt.GetAsRfc822(bLocalDateTime));

    //  such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
    Debug.WriteLine("Timestamp: " + dt.GetAsTimestamp(bLocalDateTime));

    //  Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
    Debug.WriteLine("RFC822 format: " + dt.GetAsIso8601("MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss",bLocalDateTime));

    i = i + 1;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Success.");