{"id":1550,"date":"2010-11-07T15:19:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T13:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limilabs.com\/blog\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2012-06-03T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T13:20:44","slug":"get-file-folder-info-using-ftp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limilabs.com\/blog\/get-file-folder-info-using-ftp","title":{"rendered":"Get file or folder info using FTP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Server responses to FTP protocol’s LIST command are not well standardized. Ftp.dll FTP .NET component<\/a> was programmed to handle almost any format of such response. This includes UNIX, Linux and Windows systems. Additionally if a server supports better standardized MLSD command, it is used instead of LIST.<\/p>\n

To list all files and folders in current folder just use GetList<\/em> method of Ftp<\/em> class.
\nYou’ll receive FtpItem <\/em> collection you can easy iterate over. You can access each item’s information like: name, size, modification date by using FtpItem<\/em>‘s properties.<\/p>\n

\r\n\/\/ C# version\r\n\r\nusing (Ftp client = new Ftp())\r\n{\r\n    client.Connect("ftp.example.org");    \/\/ or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n    client.Login("user", "password");\r\n\r\n    List<FtpItem> items = client.GetList();\r\n\r\n    foreach (FtpItem item in items)\r\n    {\r\n        Console.WriteLine("Name:        {0}", item.Name);\r\n        Console.WriteLine("Size:        {0}", item.Size);\r\n        Console.WriteLine("Modify date: {0}", item.ModifyDate);\r\n\r\n        Console.WriteLine("Is folder:   {0}", item.IsFolder);\r\n        Console.WriteLine("Is file:     {0}", item.IsFile);\r\n        Console.WriteLine("Is symlink:  {0}", item.IsSymlink);\r\n\r\n        Console.WriteLine();\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    client.Close();\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET version\r\n\r\nUsing client As New Ftp()\r\n\tclient.Connect("ftp.example.org")    ' or ConnectSSL for SSL\r\n\tclient.Login("user", "password")\r\n\r\n\tDim items As List(Of FtpItem) = client.GetList()\r\n\r\n\tFor Each item As FtpItem In items\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine("Name:        {0}", item.Name)\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine("Size:        {0}", item.Size)\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine("Modify date: {0}", item.ModifyDate)\r\n\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine("Is folder:   {0}", item.IsFolder)\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine("Is file:     {0}", item.IsFile)\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine("Is symlink:  {0}", item.IsSymlink)\r\n\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine()\r\n\tNext\r\n\r\n\tclient.Close()\r\nEnd Using\r\n<\/pre>\n
Getting basic file information using FTP<\/h2>\n
Follow code illustrates how to get basic information about specific file, such as size and last modification date, using FTP protocol:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/ C# version\r\n\r\nusing (Ftp client = new Ftp())\r\n{\r\n    client.Connect("ftp.example.org");\r\n    client.Login("user", "password");\r\n\r\n    long size = client.GetFileSize("reports\/report_2010.txt");\r\n    DateTime date = client.GetFileModificationTime("reports\/report_2010.txt");\r\n\r\n    Console.WriteLine("Size:        {0}", size);\r\n    Console.WriteLine("Modify date: {0}", date);\r\n\r\n    client.Close();\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET version\r\n\r\nUsing client As New Ftp()\r\n\tclient.Connect("ftp.example.org")\r\n\tclient.Login("user", "password")\r\n\r\n\tDim size As Long = client.GetFileSize("reports\/report_2010.txt")\r\n\tDim [date] As DateTime = client.GetFileModificationTime("reports\/report_2010.txt")\r\n\r\n\tConsole.WriteLine("Size:        {0}", size)\r\n\tConsole.WriteLine("Modify date: {0}", [date])\r\n\r\n\tclient.Close()\r\nEnd Using\r\n<\/pre>\n
You can download Ftp.dll FTP\/FTPS client for .NET here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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