(Lianja) Get FTP File Permissions

Lianja 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.

loFtp = createobject("CkFtp2")

// Set the various properties to establish the connection.
loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "login"
loFtp.Password = "password"

// If SSL/TLS is required..
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information.
loFtp.AuthTls = .T.
loFtp.PassiveUseHostAddr = .T.

// Connect to the FTP server:
llSuccess = loFtp.ConnectOnly()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
llSuccess = loFtp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
loFtp.AllowMlsd = .F.

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
i = 0
n = loFtp.GetDirCount()
if (n < 0) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// 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
    ? "The permissions format is: " + loFtp.GetPermType(0)
endif

do while i < n

    // Display the permissions and filename
    ? loFtp.GetPermissions(i) + " " + loFtp.GetFilename(i)

    i = i + 1
enddo

// Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
loFtp.AllowMlsd = .T.

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

n = loFtp.GetDirCount()
if (n < 0) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// 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
    ? "----"
    ? "The permissions format is: " + loFtp.GetPermType(0)
endif

i = 0
do while i < n

    // Display the permissions and filename
    ? loFtp.GetPermissions(i) + " " + loFtp.GetFilename(i)

    i = i + 1
enddo

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()


release loFtp