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Get a Filename from an FTP Directory Listing

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetFilename method, which returns the name of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index from 0 through GetDirCount - 1.

Background: The Chilkat FTP directory API is index-based and works from a single cached listing: the first GetDirCount call fetches the current directory's listing once, and every indexed accessor — name, size, type, permissions, timestamps — then reads from that cache without further server round trips. That makes iterating a directory efficient, but it also means the data reflects the moment the listing was fetched; call ClearDirCache to force a refresh after the remote directory changes.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetFilename method, which returns the name of a cached directory-listing
//  entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index from 0 through GetDirCount - 1.

loFtp = createobject("CkFtp2")

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"

llSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

llSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
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
    return
endif

for i = 0 to n - 1
    lcName = loFtp.GetFilename(i)
    ? lcName
next

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif



release loFtp