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Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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C
#include <C_CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"login");
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"password");

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Set the current directory (on the FTP server) to the
    // "orders" subdirectory.  When logging into an FTP account,
    // current remote directory is automatically set to the
    // home directory of the FTP account.  From the FTP client's
    // perspective, it will be "/", but the absolute path on the
    // FTP server might be something like "/home/ftp_users/".
    success = CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,"orders");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    success = CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);


    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

    }