(Delphi DLL) Get FTP File Permissions

Delphi DLL example showing how to retrieve file permissions (via FTP) for each file in a remote directory.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Ftp2;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
ftp: HCkFtp2;
success: Boolean;
i: Integer;
n: Integer;

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

ftp := CkFtp2_Create();

// Set the various properties to establish the connection.
CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,'ftp.example.com');
CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,'login');
CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,'password');

// If SSL/TLS is required..
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information.
CkFtp2_putAuthTls(ftp,True);
CkFtp2_putPassiveUseHostAddr(ftp,True);

// Connect to the FTP server:
success := CkFtp2_ConnectOnly(ftp);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
success := CkFtp2_LoginAfterConnectOnly(ftp);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
CkFtp2_putAllowMlsd(ftp,False);

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
i := 0;
n := CkFtp2_GetDirCount(ftp);
if (n < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if (n > 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('The permissions format is: ' + CkFtp2__getPermType(ftp,0));
  end;

while i < n do
  begin

    // Display the permissions and filename
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__getPermissions(ftp,i) + ' ' + CkFtp2__getFilename(ftp,i));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

// Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
CkFtp2_putAllowMlsd(ftp,True);

// Clear the directory cache so we're forced to re-fetch the directory listing:
CkFtp2_ClearDirCache(ftp);

n := CkFtp2_GetDirCount(ftp);
if (n < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__lastErrorText(ftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if (n > 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('The permissions format is: ' + CkFtp2__getPermType(ftp,0));
  end;

i := 0;
while i < n do
  begin

    // Display the permissions and filename
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkFtp2__getPermissions(ftp,i) + ' ' + CkFtp2__getFilename(ftp,i));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

success := CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);

CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

end;