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Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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C++
#include <CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkFtp2 ftp;

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("login");
    ftp.put_Password("password");

    //  Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << ftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Set the current directory (on the FTP server) to the
    //  "orders" subdirectory.  When logging into an FTP account,
    //  current remote directory is automatically set to the
    //  home directory of the FTP account.  From the FTP client's
    //  perspective, it will be "/", but the absolute path on the
    //  FTP server might be something like "/home/ftp_users/".
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("orders");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << ftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    }