B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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.

B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

ftp.Hostname = "www.authtls-ftps-server.com"
ftp.Username = "FTP_LOGIN"
ftp.Password = "FTP_PASSWORD"
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.Port = 21

'  Connect to the FTP server using explicit TLS (AUTH TLS).
success = ftp.ConnectOnly
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Authenticate.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  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.
Dim fac As ChilkatFileAccess
fac.Initialize
Dim dt As ChilkatDateTime
dt.Initialize
Dim lastModTimestamp As String = fac.GetFileTimeStr("qa_data/hamlet.xml", 0)
dt.SetFromTimestamp(lastModTimestamp)

success = ftp.SetRemoteFileDt(dt, "hamlet.xml")
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)

    Return
End If


ftp.Disconnect

Log("Success.")