VBScript

Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set ftp = CreateObject("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 <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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 <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

outFile.Close