(Classic ASP) Get the Last-Modified Date/Time for one File by Name

Demonstrates how to get the last-modified date/time for a file on the FTP server by specifying the remote file path.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

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

set ftp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myLogin"
ftp.Password = "myPassword"
' Use explicit TLS
ftp.AuthTls = 1
ftp.Port = 21

' For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
ftp.KeepSessionLog = 1

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("AAWorkarea")

' Get the last-modified date/time information for the file "package.tgz"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.GetLastModifiedTimeByNameStr("package.tgz")) & "</pre>"

' Show the session log so we can see the details of the date/time information sent by the server.
' This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
' than others.

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---- Session Log ----") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.SessionLog) & "</pre>"

success = ftp.Disconnect()

%>
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