(VBScript) Get the Last-Modified Date/Time for one File by Name

Demonstrates how to get the last-modified date/time for a file on the FTP server by specifying the remote file path.

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

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Ftp2")
set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myLogin"
ftp.Password = "myPassword"
' Use explicit TLS
ftp.AuthTls = 1
ftp.Port = 21

' For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
ftp.KeepSessionLog = 1

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("AAWorkarea")

' Get the last-modified date/time information for the file "package.tgz"
' dt is a Chilkat.CkDateTime
Set dt = ftp.GetLastModDtByName("package.tgz")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(dt.GetAsTimestamp(0))

' Show the session log so we can see the details of the date/time information sent by the server.
' This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
' than others.

outFile.WriteLine("---- Session Log ----")
outFile.WriteLine(ftp.SessionLog)

success = ftp.Disconnect()

outFile.Close