Retrieving a remote directory listing

There are two ways that you can retrieve a directory listing from the server. The method used will depend on largely how you want to process the results.

Getting a directory listing as a string

To get a directory listing returned as a string you may use the Sftp.GetDirListingAsString method.

Example

[C#]

// get directory listing to console

Console.WriteLine(sftp.GetDirListingAsString());

[VB]

' get directory listing to console

Console.WriteLine(sftp.GetDirListingAsString())

Parsing entries in a directory listing

In some cases you will want to evaluate the entries returned in a directory listing. In this case you will want to use the Sftp.GetDirListing method. This method returns a System.Collections.IEnumerator of Jscape.Sftp.Packets.FileInfo. Each FileInfo instance represents a read-only entry in the directory listing and may be queried for additional information.

Example

[C#]

// get directory listing as enumeration        

IEnumerator results = sftp.GetDirListing();

// enumerate thru items printing filename for each

while(results.MoveNext()) {

 // get next item casting to FileInfo

 Jscape.Sftp.Packets.FileInfo file = (Jscape.Sftp.Packets.FileInfo)results.Current;                

 Console.WriteLine(file.Name);

}

[VB]

' get directory listing as enumeration

Dim results As IEnumerator = sftp.GetDirListing

' enumerate thru items printing filename for each

While results.MoveNext

Dim file As Jscape.Sftp.Packets.FileInfo = CType(results.Current, Jscape.Sftp.Packets.FileInfo)

Console.WriteLine(file.Name)

End While