(Lianja) Get Last Modified Date/Time of Files in a Remote Directory

Gets the last-modified date/times of files in a remote FTP 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")

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

// Iterate over .txt files.
loFtp.ListPattern = "*.txt"
n = loFtp.GetDirCount()
? "n = " + str(n)

i = 0
do while i < n
    // Get the last-modified date/time as a CkDateTime object.
    loDt = loFtp.GetLastModDt(i)
    ? str(i) + ": " + loFtp.GetFilename(i) + ", " + loDt.GetAsTimestamp(.F.)
    release loDt

    i = i + 1
enddo

// Show the session log so we can see the details of the FTP directory listing 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