Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
Get an FTP Listing Entry's Last-Modified Time
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetLastModifiedTimeStr method, which returns the last-modified time of a cached directory-listing entry as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is a zero-based index.
Background: The last-modified time is the workhorse timestamp: it updates whenever a file's contents change and is what sync and mirror logic compares to decide whether a file needs re-transferring. It is the most reliably reported of the three across FTP servers, and the RFC 822 string carries a timezone so comparisons are well defined.
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Dim success As Long
success = 0
' Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetLastModifiedTimeStr method, which returns the last-modified time of a
' cached directory-listing entry as an RFC 822 date-time string. The only argument is a
' zero-based index.
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
' GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
' entries. A negative return indicates failure.
Dim n As Long
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To n - 1
Dim name As String
name = ftp.GetFilename(i)
' The value is an RFC 822 string such as "Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:55:06 -0600".
Dim lastModified As String
lastModified = ftp.GetLastModifiedTimeStr(i)
Debug.Print name & " modified " & lastModified
Next
success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If