C

Get Number of FIles in Directory, not including sub-directories

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_LANGUAGE_ example demonstrating how to get the number of files in a directory not including sub-directories. C

#include <C_CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    int i;
    int n;
    int fileCount;

    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;
    }

    // The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
    // The default value is "*", which includes everything.
    printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_listPattern(ftp));

    // Fetch the current remote directory contents by
    // calling GetDirCount

    n = CkFtp2_GetDirCount(ftp);
    if (n < 0) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    if (n > 0) {
        // Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
        // each time it is NOT a directory.
        fileCount = 0;
        for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {

            // Is this NOT a sub-directory?
            if (CkFtp2_GetIsDirectory(ftp,i) != TRUE) {
                fileCount = fileCount + 1;
                // Display the filename
                printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_getFilename(ftp,i));
            }

        }

        printf("Total number of files = %d\n",fileCount);
    }

    success = CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);


    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

    }