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Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.

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C
#include <C_CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    const char *serverResponse;

    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;
    }

    // Tell the FTP object to keep an in-memory session log
    // so we can see the commands sent to the server,
    // and the responses received back.
    CkFtp2_putKeepSessionLog(ftp,TRUE);

    // Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
    success = CkFtp2_Quote(ftp,"CWD junk");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Move back up 
    // In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,"..");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
    // raw FTP server response is returned:
    serverResponse = CkFtp2_sendCommand(ftp,"CWD junk");
    if (CkFtp2_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
    }
    else {
        printf("%s\n",serverResponse);
    }

    success = CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);

    printf("Session Log:\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_sessionLog(ftp));


    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

    }