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Get Number of FIles in Directory, not including sub-directories

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_LANGUAGE_ example demonstrating how to get the number of files in a directory not including sub-directories. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$ftp.Username = "login"
$ftp.Password = "password"

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
# The default value is "*", which includes everything.
$($ftp.ListPattern)

# Fetch the current remote directory contents by
# calling GetDirCount

$n = $ftp.GetDirCount()
if ($n -lt 0) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

if ($n -gt 0) {
    # Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
    # each time it is NOT a directory.
    $fileCount = 0
    for ($i = 0; $i -le $n - 1; $i++) {

        # Is this NOT a sub-directory?
        if ($ftp.GetIsDirectory($i) -ne $true) {
            $fileCount = $fileCount + 1
            # Display the filename
            $($ftp.GetFilename($i))
        }

    }

    $("Total number of files = " + $fileCount)
}

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()