(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 <CkSFtpW.h>
#include <CkSFtpDirW.h>
#include <CkSFtpFileW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkDateTimeW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkSFtpW sftp;

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    const wchar_t *hostname = L"my-sftp-server.com";
    int port = 22;
    success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server. 
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw(L"myLogin",L"myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Open a directory on the server...
    // This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
    const wchar_t *handle = sftp.openDir(L"junk");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Download the directory listing:

    CkSFtpDirW dirListing;
    success = sftp.ReadDirListing(handle,dirListing);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Close the directory handle
    success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        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")
    CkSFtpFileW fileObj;
    CkStringBuilderW sbFilename;
    bool caseSensitive = false;
    bool bLocalDateTime = false;

    CkDateTimeW dt;
    int i = 0;
    int n = dirListing.get_NumFilesAndDirs();
    while (i < n) {

        success = dirListing.FileAt(i,fileObj);
        if (success == false) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",dirListing.lastErrorText());
            return;
        }

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

        // Get the last-modified date/time
        dt.SetFromRfc822(fileObj.lastModifiedTimeStr());

        // 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",dt.getAsRfc822(bLocalDateTime));

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

        // Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
        wprintf(L"RFC822 format: %s\n",dt.getAsIso8601(L"MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss",bLocalDateTime));

        i = i + 1;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }