C++

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. 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;
    }

    // The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
    // The default value is "*", which includes everything.
    std::cout << ftp.listPattern() << "\r\n";

    // Fetch the current remote directory contents by
    // calling GetDirCount
    int i;
    int n;
    n = ftp.GetDirCount();
    if (n < 0) {
        std::cout << ftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    if (n > 0) {
        // Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
        // each time it is NOT a directory.
        int fileCount = 0;
        for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {

            // Is this NOT a sub-directory?
            if (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) != true) {
                fileCount = fileCount + 1;
                // Display the filename
                std::cout << ftp.getFilename(i) << "\r\n";
            }

        }

        std::cout << "Total number of files = " << fileCount << "\r\n";
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    }