(PowerShell) Change Current Directory

To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$ftp.Username = "login"
$ftp.Password = "password"

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Set the current directory (on the FTP server) to the
# "orders" subdirectory.  When logging into an FTP account,
# current remote directory is automatically set to the
# home directory of the FTP account.  From the FTP client's
# perspective, it will be "/", but the absolute path on the
# FTP server might be something like "/home/ftp_users/".
$success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("orders")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()