(MFC) File Existence Check

Testing to see if a file exists on the FTP server. The GetSizeByName method is a convenient way to check if a file exists. It will return -1 if the file does not exist, otherwise it returns the size of the file in bytes.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkFtp2 ftp;

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("username");
    ftp.put_Password("password");

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    bool success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(ftp.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Set the current remote directory to where the file is located:
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("something");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(ftp.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Test to see if the file exists by getting the file size by name. 
    // If a -1 is returned, the file does not exist.
    int fileSize = ftp.GetSizeByName("test123.txt");
    if (fileSize < 0) {
        strOut.append("file does not exist");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append("file exists and is ");
        strOut.appendInt(fileSize);
        strOut.append(" bytes in size");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }