Visual Basic 6.0

Send a Raw FTP Command (Quote)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.Quote method, which sends a raw FTP command and returns a success/failure result rather than the reply text. The only argument is the command, which must not contain CR or LF. The full reply is available in the LastReply property.

Background: Quote and SendCommand do the same thing — send an arbitrary control-connection command — and differ only in what they return: Quote gives a boolean keyed on the reply code and leaves the text in LastReply, while SendCommand returns the reply string directly. Choose Quote when you mainly care whether the command succeeded.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.Quote method, which sends a raw FTP command to the server.  The only
'  argument is the command text.  Unlike SendCommand, it returns a success/failure bool rather
'  than the reply text.

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"

'  Connect and log in (Connect performs both).
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The command must not contain CR or LF characters.  Here we send a NOOP as an example.
success = ftp.Quote("NOOP")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The full server reply to the last command is available in the LastReply property.
Debug.Print ftp.LastReply

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