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Clear the FTP Directory Listing Cache

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.ClearDirCache method, which clears the cached listing for the current remote directory. It takes no arguments; the next indexed-listing call fetches a fresh listing from the server.

Background: The index-based directory API caches the listing the first time you read it, so repeated accessor calls avoid extra round trips. The trade-off is staleness: if the directory changes — files added or removed, whether by your own operations or another process — the cache still reflects the old state. ClearDirCache discards it so the next GetDirCount queries the server again.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ftp
integer n

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.ClearDirCache method, which clears the cached listing for the current
//  remote directory.  It takes no arguments and is a void method.

loo_Ftp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Ftp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Ftp
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loo_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.
loo_Ftp.Password = "myPassword"

li_Success = loo_Ftp.Connect()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    return
end if

//  The first GetDirCount caches the listing.
n = loo_Ftp.GetDirCount()
Write-Debug "Entries: " + string(n)

//  ... the remote directory changes (files added or removed by another process) ...

//  Discard the cache so the next listing call fetches fresh data from the server.
loo_Ftp.ClearDirCache()

n = loo_Ftp.GetDirCount()
Write-Debug "Entries after refresh: " + string(n)

li_Success = loo_Ftp.Disconnect()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    return
end if



destroy loo_Ftp