Rust

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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// 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.

let ftp = chilkat::Ftp2::new();

ftp.set_hostname("ftp.example.com");
ftp.set_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.set_password("myPassword");

if ftp.connect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

if ftp.change_remote_dir("public_html").is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Not all servers report a creation time.
let Ok(create_time) = ftp.get_create_time_by_name_str("report.pdf") else {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
};

println!("Created: {}", create_time);

if ftp.disconnect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}