(Unicode C) SFTP Get File Date/Times in Different Formats

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkSFtpW.h>
#include <C_CkSFtpDirW.h>
#include <C_CkSFtpFileW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkDateTimeW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtpW sftp;
    const wchar_t *hostname;
    int port;
    const wchar_t *handle;
    HCkSFtpDirW dirListing;
    HCkSFtpFileW fileObj;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbFilename;
    BOOL caseSensitive;
    BOOL bLocalDateTime;
    HCkDateTimeW dt;
    int i;
    int n;

    success = FALSE;

    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    sftp = CkSFtpW_Create();

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    hostname = L"my-sftp-server.com";
    port = 22;
    success = CkSFtpW_Connect(sftp,hostname,port);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server. 
    success = CkSFtpW_AuthenticatePw(sftp,L"myLogin",L"myPassword");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = CkSFtpW_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Open a directory on the server...
    // This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
    handle = CkSFtpW_openDir(sftp,L"junk");
    if (CkSFtpW_getLastMethodSuccess(sftp) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Download the directory listing:

    dirListing = CkSFtpDirW_Create();
    success = CkSFtpW_ReadDirListing(sftp,handle,dirListing);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        CkSFtpDirW_Dispose(dirListing);
        return;
    }

    // Close the directory handle
    success = CkSFtpW_CloseHandle(sftp,handle);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        CkSFtpDirW_Dispose(dirListing);
        return;
    }

    // Iterate over the files.
    // Examine each filename and indicate those that match *FICHERO*.pdf
    // (i.e. the filename contains the word "FICHERO" and ends in ".pdf")
    fileObj = CkSFtpFileW_Create();
    sbFilename = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    caseSensitive = FALSE;
    bLocalDateTime = FALSE;

    dt = CkDateTimeW_Create();
    i = 0;
    n = CkSFtpDirW_getNumFilesAndDirs(dirListing);
    while (i < n) {

        success = CkSFtpDirW_FileAt(dirListing,i,fileObj);
        if (success == FALSE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpDirW_lastErrorText(dirListing));
            CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
            CkSFtpDirW_Dispose(dirListing);
            CkSFtpFileW_Dispose(fileObj);
            CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbFilename);
            CkDateTimeW_Dispose(dt);
            return;
        }

        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpFileW_filename(fileObj));

        // Get the last-modified date/time
        CkDateTimeW_SetFromRfc822(dt,CkSFtpFileW_lastModifiedTimeStr(fileObj));

        // Get the date/time in other formats offered by the CkDateTime object.

        // such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
        wprintf(L"RFC822 format: %s\n",CkDateTimeW_getAsRfc822(dt,bLocalDateTime));

        // such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
        wprintf(L"Timestamp: %s\n",CkDateTimeW_getAsTimestamp(dt,bLocalDateTime));

        // Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
        wprintf(L"RFC822 format: %s\n",CkDateTimeW_getAsIso8601(dt,L"MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss",bLocalDateTime));

        i = i + 1;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
    CkSFtpDirW_Dispose(dirListing);
    CkSFtpFileW_Dispose(fileObj);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbFilename);
    CkDateTimeW_Dispose(dt);

    }