Visual Basic 6.0

Send an FTP SITE Command

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.Site method, which sends a server-specific SITE command. The only argument is the text following SITE, for example CHMOD 644 index.html.

Background: SITE is FTP's extension point for features outside the standard — each server defines its own subcommands. The best-known is SITE CHMOD on Unix servers to set file permissions, but others cover mainframe dataset attributes, quotas, and more. Because these are non-standard and often privileged, expect them to vary by server and to require appropriate rights.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.Site method, which sends a server-specific SITE command.  The only
'  argument is the text following "SITE".

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

'  SITE subcommands are defined by the server, not by the FTP standard, and may require special
'  permissions.  A common example is changing file permissions on a Unix FTP server.
success = ftp.Site("CHMOD 644 public_html/index.html")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "SITE command accepted."

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