Visual FoxPro

Get an FTP Listing Entry's Permissions

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetPermissions method, which returns the permissions or status string of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index. The value is empty when the server provides no such metadata.

Background: FTP has no single standard permissions format, so what this returns depends on the server — commonly a Unix-style mode string like drwxr-xr-x, but potentially something else. Because the format varies, pair it with GetPermType to learn how to interpret the string before parsing it, rather than assuming a fixed layout.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL n
LOCAL i
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lcPerms

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetPermissions method, which returns the permissions or status string of
*  a cached directory-listing entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index.

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.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.
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"

lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
*  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
n = loFtp.GetDirCount()
IF (n < 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

FOR i = 0 TO n - 1
    lcName = loFtp.GetFilename(i)

    *  The permissions string is empty when the server provides no such metadata.  Use
    *  GetPermType to learn how to interpret the string's format.
    lcPerms = loFtp.GetPermissions(i)
    ? lcPerms + "  " + lcName
NEXT

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loFtp