Visual Basic 6.0

Get a Remote FTP File's Last-Modified Time by Name

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetLastModifiedTimeByNameStr method, which returns the last-modified time of a named item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is the filename.

Background: This queries one item's modification time directly (typically via MDTM) rather than pulling and scanning a whole listing — efficient when you already know the filename and just need its timestamp, for example to decide whether a local copy is stale. The RFC 822 string includes a timezone offset, so the moment is unambiguous.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetLastModifiedTimeByNameStr method, which returns the last-modified time
'  of a named item in the current remote directory as an RFC 822 date-time string.  The only
'  argument is the filename.

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.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.Password = "myPassword"

success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim lastModified As String
lastModified = ftp.GetLastModifiedTimeByNameStr("report.pdf")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Last modified: " & lastModified

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If