Dart

Get a Raw Text Directory Listing (LIST)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns the server's raw textual listing. The only argument is appended literally as a server-side listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

Background: This returns exactly what the server's LIST command produces — usually a Unix ls -l-style block, but the format is server-defined and not standardized. That makes it handy for display or debugging, but fragile to parse; prefer GetXmlDirListing or the index-based accessors when you need structured data. Since the argument is appended literally to LIST, it can carry server-specific options as well as a wildcard.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns
  // the server's raw textual listing.  The only argument is appended literally as a server-side
  // listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

  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;
  }

  // Get the raw listing text.  The format is server-defined (often Unix "ls -l" style).
  final String listing;
  try {
    listing = ftp.getTextDirListing('');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print(listing);

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