(C++) SFTP Get File Date/Times in Different Formats

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Demonstrates how to get remote file date/times in different formats.

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#include <CkSFtp.h>
#include <CkSFtpDir.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkSFtpFile.h>
#include <CkDateTime.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkSFtp sftp;

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    const char *hostname = "my-sftp-server.com";
    int port = 22;
    bool success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server. 
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Open a directory on the server...
    // This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
    const char *handle = sftp.openDir("junk");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Download the directory listing:
    CkSFtpDir *dirListing = sftp.ReadDir(handle);
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Close the directory handle
    success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Iterate over the files.
    // Examine each filename and indicate those that match *FICHERO*.pdf
    // (i.e. the filename contains the word "FICHERO" and ends in ".pdf")
    int i = 0;
    int n = dirListing->get_NumFilesAndDirs();
    CkStringBuilder sbFilename;
    bool caseSensitive = false;
    bool bLocalDateTime = false;
    while (i < n) {
        CkSFtpFile *fileObj = dirListing->GetFileObject(i);
        std::cout << fileObj->filename() << "\r\n";

        // Get the last-modified date/time
        CkDateTime *dt = fileObj->GetLastModifiedDt();

        // Get the date/time in any format offered by the CkDateTime object.

        // such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
        std::cout << "RFC822 format: " << dt->getAsRfc822(bLocalDateTime) << "\r\n";

        // such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
        std::cout << "Timestamp: " << dt->getAsTimestamp(bLocalDateTime) << "\r\n";

        // Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
        std::cout << "RFC822 format: " << dt->getAsIso8601("MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss",bLocalDateTime) << "\r\n";

        delete dt;
        delete fileObj;

        i = i + 1;
    }

    delete dirListing;

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }