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Get an FTP Listing Entry's Permissions

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetPermissions method, which returns the permissions or status string of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index. The value is empty when the server provides no such metadata.

Background: FTP has no single standard permissions format, so what this returns depends on the server — commonly a Unix-style mode string like drwxr-xr-x, but potentially something else. Because the format varies, pair it with GetPermType to learn how to interpret the string before parsing it, rather than assuming a fixed layout.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ftp
integer n
integer i
string ls_Name
string ls_Perms

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetPermissions method, which returns the permissions or status string of
//  a cached directory-listing entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index.

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

//  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
//  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
n = loo_Ftp.GetDirCount()
if n < 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    return
end if

for i = 0 to n - 1
    ls_Name = loo_Ftp.GetFilename(i)

    //  The permissions string is empty when the server provides no such metadata.  Use
    //  GetPermType to learn how to interpret the string's format.
    ls_Perms = loo_Ftp.GetPermissions(i)
    Write-Debug ls_Perms + "  " + ls_Name
next

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



destroy loo_Ftp