(PowerShell) 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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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 = "myLogin"
$ftp.Password = "myPassword"
# Use explicit TLS
$ftp.AuthTls = $true
$ftp.Port = 21

# For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
$ftp.KeepSessionLog = $true

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

# Iterate over .txt files.
$ftp.ListPattern = "*.txt"
$n = $ftp.GetDirCount()
$("n = " + $n)

$i = 0
while ($i -lt $n) {
    # Get the last-modified date/time as a CkDateTime object.
    $dt = $ftp.GetLastModDt($i)
    $([string]$i + ": " + $ftp.GetFilename($i) + ", " + $dt.GetAsTimestamp($false))

    $i = $i + 1
}

# 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 ----")
$($ftp.SessionLog)

$ftp.Disconnect()