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Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.

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import { Ftp2 } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const ftp = new Ftp2();

  ftp.hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
  ftp.username = 'login';
  ftp.password = 'password';

  // Connect and login to the FTP server.
  try {
    await ftp.connectAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Tell the FTP object to keep an in-memory session log
  // so we can see the commands sent to the server,
  // and the responses received back.
  ftp.keepSessionLog = true;

  // Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
  try {
    await ftp.quoteAsync('CWD junk');
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Move back up 
  // In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
  try {
    await ftp.changeRemoteDirAsync('..');
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
  // raw FTP server response is returned:
  try {
    const serverResponse = await ftp.sendCommandAsync('CWD junk');
    console.log(serverResponse);
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
  }

  await ftp.disconnectAsync();

  console.log('Session Log:');
  console.log(ftp.sessionLog);
}