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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.
Background: Creation time is the least commonly supported of the timestamps — many servers report only the modification time — so treat an empty or missing result as "not available" rather than an error. Where it is provided, it is useful precisely because it does not change when a file is edited.
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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ftp
string ls_CreateTime
li_Success = 0
// 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.
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
// Not all servers report a creation time.
ls_CreateTime = loo_Ftp.GetCreateTimeByNameStr("report.pdf")
if loo_Ftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
destroy loo_Ftp
return
end if
Write-Debug "Created: " + ls_CreateTime
li_Success = loo_Ftp.Disconnect()
if li_Success = 0 then
Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
destroy loo_Ftp
return
end if
destroy loo_Ftp