Lua

Get a Raw Text Directory Listing (LIST)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns the server's raw textual listing. The only argument is appended literally as a server-side listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

Background: This returns exactly what the server's LIST command produces — usually a Unix ls -l-style block, but the format is server-defined and not standardized. That makes it handy for display or debugging, but fragile to parse; prefer GetXmlDirListing or the index-based accessors when you need structured data. Since the argument is appended literally to LIST, it can carry server-specific options as well as a wildcard.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns
-- the server's raw textual listing.  The only argument is appended literally as a server-side
-- listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

local ftp = chilkat.Ftp2.new()

ftp.hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.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.password = "myPassword"

local success = ftp:connect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

success = ftp:change_remote_dir("public_html")
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Get the raw listing text.  The format is server-defined (often Unix "ls -l" style).
local listing = ftp:get_text_dir_listing("")
if not ftp.last_method_success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(listing)

success = ftp:disconnect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end