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Get an FTP Listing Entry's Group

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetGroup method, which returns the group name or identifier of a cached directory-listing entry. The only argument is a zero-based index. The value is empty when the server does not provide group metadata.

Background: The group is the counterpart to the owner in Unix-style ownership, driving the "group" permission bits. Like the owner, it is only present when the server's listing format includes it, and may be reported as a numeric GID. An empty value simply means the metadata was not provided.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetGroup method, which returns the group name or identifier of a cached
//  directory-listing entry.  The only argument is a zero-based index.

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
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  GetDirCount retrieves the directory listing on the first call and returns the number of
//  entries.  A negative return indicates failure.
Dim n As Int32
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim i As Int32
For i = 0 To n - 1
    Dim name As String
    name = ftp.GetFilename(i)

    //  The group is empty when the server does not provide group metadata.
    Dim group As String
    group = ftp.GetGroup(i)
    System.DebugLog(group + "  " + name)
Next

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If