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Get a Filename from an FTP Directory Listing

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetFilename method, which returns the name of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index from 0 through GetDirCount - 1.

Background: The Chilkat FTP directory API is index-based and works from a single cached listing: the first GetDirCount call fetches the current directory's listing once, and every indexed accessor — name, size, type, permissions, timestamps — then reads from that cache without further server round trips. That makes iterating a directory efficient, but it also means the data reflects the moment the listing was fetched; call ClearDirCache to force a refresh after the remote directory changes.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetFilename method, which returns the name of a cached directory-listing
'  entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index from 0 through GetDirCount - 1.

set ftp = CreateObject("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 = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
'  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

For i = 0 To n - 1
    name = ftp.GetFilename(i)
    outFile.WriteLine(name)
Next

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If


outFile.Close