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Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim ftp As New 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 <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' 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 <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = ftp.Disconnect()