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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.
Background: Creation time is the least commonly supported of the timestamps — many servers report only the modification time — so treat an empty or missing result as "not available" rather than an error. Where it is provided, it is useful precisely because it does not change when a file is edited.
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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg
Procedure Test
Boolean iSuccess
Handle hoFtp
String sCreateTime
String sTemp1
Boolean bTemp1
Move False To iSuccess
// 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.
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatFtp2)) To hoFtp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoFtp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoFtp
End
Set ComHostname Of hoFtp To "ftp.example.com"
Set ComUsername Of hoFtp To "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.
Set ComPassword Of hoFtp To "myPassword"
Get ComConnect Of hoFtp To iSuccess
If (iSuccess = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoFtp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
Get ComChangeRemoteDir Of hoFtp "public_html" To iSuccess
If (iSuccess = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoFtp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
// Not all servers report a creation time.
Get ComGetCreateTimeByNameStr Of hoFtp "report.pdf" To sCreateTime
Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoFtp To bTemp1
If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoFtp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
Showln "Created: " sCreateTime
Get ComDisconnect Of hoFtp To iSuccess
If (iSuccess = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoFtp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
End_Procedure