Objective-C

Check if the FTP Control Connection is Open

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.CheckConnection method, which returns whether Chilkat currently considers the FTP control connection to be open. It takes no arguments and does not require the session to be authenticated.

Background: This reports the object's view of the control-connection state, which is distinct from being logged in — it can return true after ConnectOnly and before authentication. For a stronger liveness check that the server is actually responding, send a Noop, which requires a positive reply. FTP servers commonly drop idle control connections after a timeout, so long-lived sessions should verify before assuming the connection is still usable.

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#import <CkoFtp2.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.CheckConnection method, which returns whether Chilkat currently considers
//  the FTP control connection to be open.  It takes no arguments and does not require the session
//  to be authenticated.

CkoFtp2 *ftp = [[CkoFtp2 alloc] init];

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";

//  Connect and log in (Connect performs both).
success = [ftp Connect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Check whether the control connection is still open.
if ([ftp CheckConnection]) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"The control connection is open.");
}
else {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"The control connection is not open.");
}

success = [ftp Disconnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}