(Lianja) Get the Last-Modified Date/Time for one File by Name

Demonstrates how to get the last-modified date/time for a file on the FTP server by specifying the remote file path.

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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")

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "myLogin"
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"
// Use explicit TLS
loFtp.AuthTls = .T.
loFtp.Port = 21

// For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
loFtp.KeepSessionLog = .T.

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

loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("AAWorkarea")

// Get the last-modified date/time information for the file "package.tgz"
loDt = loFtp.GetLastModDtByName("package.tgz")
if (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

? loDt.GetAsTimestamp(.F.)
release loDt

// Show the session log so we can see the details of the date/time information sent by the server.
// This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
// than others.

? "---- Session Log ----"
? loFtp.SessionLog

loFtp.Disconnect()


release loFtp