Visual FoxPro

Send a Raw FTP Command and Get the Reply

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SendCommand method, which sends a raw FTP command and returns the complete server reply. The only argument is the command text, which must not contain CR or LF.

Background: This is the escape hatch for commands the API does not wrap directly — it sends exactly what you provide and hands back the full reply for you to interpret. It is limited to commands that complete on the control connection; anything requiring a data connection (a listing or transfer) needs the dedicated methods, which set up the data channel. Note the command is sent as UTF-8 and CommandCharset is not applied.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lcReply

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.SendCommand method, which sends a raw FTP command and returns the
*  complete server reply.  The only argument is the command text.  Use this for a command not
*  otherwise exposed by the API.

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"

*  Connect and log in (Connect performs both).
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  The command must not contain CR or LF characters.  Here PWD is sent as an example.
lcReply = loFtp.SendCommand("PWD")
IF (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? lcReply

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

RELEASE loFtp