(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.

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Ftp2")
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 <> 1) 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"
' dt is a Chilkat.CkDateTime
Set dt = ftp.GetLastModDtByName("package.tgz")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( dt.GetAsTimestamp(0)) & "</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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