Android™

FTP Set Remote File Date/Time Equal to Local File's Last-Modified Date/Time

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Demonstrates how to set a remote file's date/time to be equal to a local file's date/time.

Important: Not all FTP servers support the ability to set a file's date/time.

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("www.authtls-ftps-server.com");
    ftp.put_Username("FTP_LOGIN");
    ftp.put_Password("FTP_PASSWORD");
    ftp.put_AuthTls(true);
    ftp.put_Port(21);

    // Connect to the FTP server using explicit TLS (AUTH TLS).
    success = ftp.ConnectOnly();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Authenticate.
    success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // We're going to get the last-mod date/time for the local file
    // "qa_data/hamlet.xml", and then set the remote "hamlet.xml" to this date/time.
    CkFileAccess fac = new CkFileAccess();
    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();
    String lastModTimestamp = fac.getFileTimeStr("qa_data/hamlet.xml",0);
    dt.SetFromTimestamp(lastModTimestamp);

    success = ftp.SetRemoteFileDt(dt,"hamlet.xml");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());

        return;
        }

    ftp.Disconnect();

    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}