Dart

Get a Remote FTP File's Size by Name as a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetSizeStrByName method, which returns the size in bytes of a named file in the current remote directory as a decimal string. The only argument is the filename.

Background: Returning the size as text avoids integer-width limits entirely, so this is the safe choice for a file of any size and for languages without a convenient large-integer type. Like the other by-name lookups it takes a bare filename in the current directory; parse the string when you need arithmetic, or use it directly for display.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetSizeStrByName method, which returns the size in bytes of a named file
  // in the current remote directory as a decimal 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;
  }

  // The string form avoids integer-size limits, so it is safe for files of any size.
  final String fileSize;
  try {
    fileSize = ftp.getSizeStrByName('bigfile.zip');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('bigfile.zip is $fileSize bytes');

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