Ruby

Get a Remote FTP File's Creation Time by Name

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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require 'chilkat'

success = false

#  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.

ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()

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() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if (success == false)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Not all servers report a creation time.
createTime = ftp.getCreateTimeByNameStr("report.pdf")
if (ftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Created: " + createTime + "\n";

success = ftp.Disconnect()
if (success == false)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end