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.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.

    var ftp = new chilkat.Ftp2();

    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";

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Not all servers report a creation time.
    var createTime = ftp.GetCreateTimeByNameStr("report.pdf");
    if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Created: " + createTime);

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }


}

chilkatExample();