Get a Remote FTP File's Creation Time by Name

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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.

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // 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.

  final ftp = CkFtp2();

  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';

  try {
    ftp.connect();
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    ftp.changeRemoteDir('public_html');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Not all servers report a creation time.
  final String createTime;
  try {
    createTime = ftp.getCreateTimeByNameStr('report.pdf');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('Created: $createTime');

  try {
    ftp.disconnect();
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }
}