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Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.
Note
This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.
JavaScript
var success = false;

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

var ftp = new CkFtp2();

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com";
ftp.Username = "login";
ftp.Password = "password";

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect();
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Tell the FTP object to keep an in-memory session log
// so we can see the commands sent to the server,
// and the responses received back.
ftp.KeepSessionLog = true;

// Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
success = ftp.Quote("CWD junk");
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Move back up 
// In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("..");
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
// raw FTP server response is returned:
var serverResponse = ftp.SendCommand("CWD junk");
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    console.log(serverResponse);
}

success = ftp.Disconnect();

console.log("Session Log:");
console.log(ftp.SessionLog);