(Tcl) 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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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set ftp [new_CkFtp2]

CkFtp2_put_Hostname $ftp "ftp.example.com"
CkFtp2_put_Username $ftp "myLogin"
CkFtp2_put_Password $ftp "myPassword"
# Use explicit TLS
CkFtp2_put_AuthTls $ftp 1
CkFtp2_put_Port $ftp 21

# For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
CkFtp2_put_KeepSessionLog $ftp 1

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
set success [CkFtp2_Connect $ftp]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

# Iterate over .txt files.
CkFtp2_put_ListPattern $ftp "*.txt"
set n [CkFtp2_GetDirCount $ftp]
puts "n = $n"

# dt is a CkDateTime

set i 0
while {$i < $n} {
    # Get the last-modified date/time as a CkDateTime object.
    set dt [CkFtp2_GetLastModDt $ftp $i]
    puts "$i: [CkFtp2_getFilename $ftp $i], [CkDateTime_getAsTimestamp $dt 0]"
    delete_CkDateTime $dt

    set i [expr $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.

puts "---- Session Log ----"
puts [CkFtp2_sessionLog $ftp]

CkFtp2_Disconnect $ftp

delete_CkFtp2 $ftp