Classic ASP

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. Classic ASP

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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 = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

'  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

'  The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
'  The default value is "*", which includes everything.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.ListPattern) & "</pre>"

'  Fetch the current remote directory contents by
'  calling GetDirCount

n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

If (n > 0) Then
    '  Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
    '  each time it is NOT a directory.
    fileCount = 0
    For i = 0 To n - 1

        '  Is this NOT a sub-directory?
        If (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) <> 1) Then
            fileCount = fileCount + 1
            '  Display the filename
            Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.GetFilename(i)) & "</pre>"
        End If

    Next

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Total number of files = " & fileCount) & "</pre>"
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

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