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Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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React Native
import { Ftp2 } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const ftp = new Ftp2();

  ftp.hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
  ftp.username = 'login';
  ftp.password = 'password';

  // Connect and login to the FTP server.
  try {
    await ftp.connectAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // 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/".
  try {
    await ftp.changeRemoteDirAsync('orders');
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  await ftp.disconnectAsync();
}