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Get a Raw Text Directory Listing (LIST)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns the server's raw textual listing. The only argument is appended literally as a server-side listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

Background: This returns exactly what the server's LIST command produces — usually a Unix ls -l-style block, but the format is server-defined and not standardized. That makes it handy for display or debugging, but fragile to parse; prefer GetXmlDirListing or the index-based accessors when you need structured data. Since the argument is appended literally to LIST, it can carry server-specific options as well as a wildcard.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetTextDirListing method, which sends a legacy LIST request and returns
'  the server's raw textual listing.  The only argument is appended literally as a server-side
'  listing argument; an empty string lists the current remote directory.

Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2

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 = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


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


'  Get the raw listing text.  The format is server-defined (often Unix "ls -l" style).
Dim listing As String = ftp.GetTextDirListing("")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine(listing)

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If