(Go) Get FTP File Permissions

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

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

    ftp := chilkat.NewFtp2()

    // Set the various properties to establish the connection.
    ftp.SetHostname("ftp.example.com")
    ftp.SetUsername("login")
    ftp.SetPassword("password")

    // If SSL/TLS is required..
    // See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
    // for more information.
    ftp.SetAuthTls(true)
    ftp.SetPassiveUseHostAddr(true)

    // Connect to the FTP server:
    success := ftp.ConnectOnly()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // Authenticate with the FTP server.
    success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
    ftp.SetAllowMlsd(false)

    // To get file and sub-directory information, simply
    // loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
    i := 0
    n := ftp.GetDirCount()
    if n < 0 {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // 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 {
        fmt.Println("The permissions format is: ", *ftp.GetPermType(0))
    }

    for i < n {

        // Display the permissions and filename
        fmt.Println(*ftp.GetPermissions(i), " ", *ftp.GetFilename(i))

        i = i + 1
    }

    // Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
    ftp.SetAllowMlsd(true)

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

    n = ftp.GetDirCount()
    if n < 0 {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // 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 {
        fmt.Println("----")
        fmt.Println("The permissions format is: ", *ftp.GetPermType(0))
    }

    i = 0
    for i < n {

        // Display the permissions and filename
        fmt.Println(*ftp.GetPermissions(i), " ", *ftp.GetFilename(i))

        i = i + 1
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect()

    ftp.DisposeFtp2()