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Get Number of FIles in Directory, not including sub-directories

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Objective-C
#import <CkoFtp2.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoFtp2 *ftp = [[CkoFtp2 alloc] init];

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

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = [ftp Connect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
//  The default value is "*", which includes everything.
NSLog(@"%@",ftp.ListPattern);

//  Fetch the current remote directory contents by
//  calling GetDirCount
int i;
int n;
n = [[ftp GetDirCount] intValue];
if (n < 0) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (n > 0) {
    //  Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
    //  each time it is NOT a directory.
    int fileCount = 0;
    for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {

        //  Is this NOT a sub-directory?
        if ([ftp GetIsDirectory: [NSNumber numberWithInt: i]] != YES) {
            fileCount = fileCount + 1;
            //  Display the filename
            NSLog(@"%@",[ftp GetFilename: [NSNumber numberWithInt: i]]);
        }

    }

    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Total number of files = ",fileCount);
}

success = [ftp Disconnect];