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Sleep for a Number of Milliseconds (FTP Utility)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of milliseconds. The only argument is the millisecond count. It performs no FTP network operation.

Background: This is a plain convenience wrapper around a thread sleep, provided so scripts and generated examples can pause without pulling in a language-specific timing API. Typical uses are inserting a short delay between polling attempts, or giving a finicky server a moment between operations. It does nothing FTP-specific.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of
-- milliseconds.  The only argument is the number of milliseconds.  It performs no FTP network
-- operation.

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

-- A small pause can be useful when polling or when a server needs a moment between operations.
local millisec = 500
ftp:sleep_ms(millisec)
print("Waited half a second.")

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