(Xojo Plugin) Get FTP File Permissions

Xojo Plugin example showing how to retrieve file permissions (via FTP) for each file in a remote directory.

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

Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2

// Set the various properties to establish the connection.
ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

// If SSL/TLS is required..
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information.
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.PassiveUseHostAddr = True

// Connect to the FTP server:
Dim success As Boolean
success = ftp.ConnectOnly()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
ftp.AllowMlsd = False

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
Dim n As Int32
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
If (n > 0) Then
    System.DebugLog("The permissions format is: " + ftp.GetPermType(0))
End If

While i < n

    // Display the permissions and filename
    System.DebugLog(ftp.GetPermissions(i) + " " + ftp.GetFilename(i))

    i = i + 1
Wend

// Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
ftp.AllowMlsd = True

// Clear the directory cache so we're forced to re-fetch the directory listing:
ftp.ClearDirCache 

n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
If (n > 0) Then
    System.DebugLog("----")
    System.DebugLog("The permissions format is: " + ftp.GetPermType(0))
End If

i = 0
While i < n

    // Display the permissions and filename
    System.DebugLog(ftp.GetPermissions(i) + " " + ftp.GetFilename(i))

    i = i + 1
Wend

success = ftp.Disconnect()