Get an FTP Listing Entry's Last-Modified Time

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetLastModifiedTimeStr method, which returns the last-modified time of a cached directory-listing entry as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is a zero-based index.

Background: The last-modified time is the workhorse timestamp: it updates whenever a file's contents change and is what sync and mirror logic compares to decide whether a file needs re-transferring. It is the most reliably reported of the three across FTP servers, and the RFC 822 string carries a timezone so comparisons are well defined.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetLastModifiedTimeStr method, which returns the last-modified time of a
    //  cached directory-listing entry as an RFC 822 date-time string.  The only argument is a
    //  zero-based index.

    ftp := chilkat.NewFtp2()

    ftp.SetHostname("ftp.example.com")
    ftp.SetUsername("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.SetPassword("myPassword")

    success = ftp.Connect()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    //  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
    //  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
    n := ftp.GetDirCount()
    if n < 0 {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    var i int
    for i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++ {
        name := ftp.GetFilename(i)

        //  The value is an RFC 822 string such as "Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:55:06 -0600".
        lastModified := ftp.GetLastModifiedTimeStr(i)
        fmt.Println(*name, "  modified ", *lastModified)
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }


    ftp.DisposeFtp2()