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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get Last Modified Date/Time of Files in a Remote Directory

Gets the last-modified date/times of files in a remote FTP directory.

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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
ftp: HCkFtp2;
n: Integer;
i: Integer;

begin
success := False;

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

ftp := CkFtp2_Create();

CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,'ftp.example.com');
CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,'myLogin');
CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,'myPassword');
//  Use explicit TLS
CkFtp2_putAuthTls(ftp,True);
CkFtp2_putPort(ftp,21);

//  For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
CkFtp2_putKeepSessionLog(ftp,True);

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success := CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Iterate over .txt files.
CkFtp2_putListPattern(ftp,'*.txt');
n := CkFtp2_GetDirCount(ftp);
Memo1.Lines.Add('n = ' + IntToStr(n));

i := 0;
while i < n do
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + CkFtp2__getFilename(ftp,i) + ', ' + CkFtp2__getLastModifiedTimeStr(ftp,i));
    i := i + 1;
  end;

//  Show the session log so we can see the details of the FTP directory listing sent by the server.
//  This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
//  than others.

Memo1.Lines.Add('---- Session Log ----');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__sessionLog(ftp));

CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);

CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);