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Get a Raw Text Directory Listing (LIST)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns the server's raw textual listing. The only argument is appended literally as a server-side listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

Background: This returns exactly what the server's LIST command produces — usually a Unix ls -l-style block, but the format is server-defined and not standardized. That makes it handy for display or debugging, but fragile to parse; prefer GetXmlDirListing or the index-based accessors when you need structured data. Since the argument is appended literally to LIST, it can carry server-specific options as well as a wildcard.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns
#  the server's raw textual listing.  The only argument is appended literally as a server-side
#  listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

ftp = chilkat.CkFtp2()

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 == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Get the raw listing text.  The format is server-defined (often Unix "ls -l" style).
listing = ftp.getTextDirListing("")
if (ftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print(listing)

success = ftp.Disconnect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()