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Get a Filename from an FTP Directory Listing

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetFilename method, which returns the name of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index from 0 through GetDirCount - 1.

Background: The Chilkat FTP directory API is index-based and works from a single cached listing: the first GetDirCount call fetches the current directory's listing once, and every indexed accessor — name, size, type, permissions, timestamps — then reads from that cache without further server round trips. That makes iterating a directory efficient, but it also means the data reflects the moment the listing was fetched; call ClearDirCache to force a refresh after the remote directory changes.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkFtp2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2W ftp;
    int n;
    int i;
    const wchar_t *name;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetFilename method, which returns the name of a cached directory-listing
    //  entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index from 0 through GetDirCount - 1.

    ftp = CkFtp2W_Create();

    CkFtp2W_putHostname(ftp,L"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2W_putUsername(ftp,L"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.
    CkFtp2W_putPassword(ftp,L"myPassword");

    success = CkFtp2W_Connect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    success = CkFtp2W_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,L"public_html");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    //  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
    //  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
    n = CkFtp2W_GetDirCount(ftp);
    if (n < 0) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {
        name = CkFtp2W_getFilename(ftp,i);
        wprintf(L"%s\n",name);
    }

    success = CkFtp2W_Disconnect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }



    CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);

    }