VBScript

Get Last Modified Date/Time of Files in a Remote Directory

Gets the last-modified date/times of files in a remote FTP directory. VBScript

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

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myLogin"
ftp.Password = "myPassword"
' Use explicit TLS
ftp.AuthTls = 1
ftp.Port = 21

' For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
ftp.KeepSessionLog = 1

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Iterate over .txt files.
ftp.ListPattern = "*.txt"
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
outFile.WriteLine("n = " & n)

i = 0
Do While i < n
    outFile.WriteLine(i & ": " & ftp.GetFilename(i) & ", " & ftp.GetLastModifiedTimeStr(i))
    i = i + 1
Loop

' Show the session log so we can see the details of the FTP directory listing sent by the server.
' This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
' than others.

outFile.WriteLine("---- Session Log ----")
outFile.WriteLine(ftp.SessionLog)

success = ftp.Disconnect()

outFile.Close