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.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    //  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.

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_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.
    ftp.put_Password("myPassword");

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Not all servers report a creation time.
    String createTime = ftp.getCreateTimeByNameStr("report.pdf");
    if (ftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Created: " + createTime);

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }
  }
}