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Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoFtp2.h>
#import <NSString.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;
}

// 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 = YES;

// Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
success = [ftp Quote: @"CWD junk"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Move back up 
// In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
success = [ftp ChangeRemoteDir: @".."];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
// raw FTP server response is returned:
NSString *serverResponse = [ftp SendCommand: @"CWD junk"];
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    NSLog(@"%@",serverResponse);
}

success = [ftp Disconnect];

NSLog(@"%@",@"Session Log:");
NSLog(@"%@",ftp.SessionLog);