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Sleep for a Number of Milliseconds (FTP Utility)

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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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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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.

$ftp = chilkat::CkFtp2->new();

$ftp->put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
$ftp->put_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->put_Password("myPassword");

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  A small pause can be useful when polling or when a server needs a moment between operations.
$millisec = 500;
$ftp->SleepMs($millisec);
print "Waited half a second." . "\r\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}