FtpModDate (3)

Determine last modification time of a remote file.

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  4. FtpModDate: Determine last modification time of a remote file.

SYNOPSIS

#include <ftplib.h>

int FtpModDate(char *path, char *buf, int max,

netbuf *nControl);

PARAMETERS

path

Name of remote file to be checked.

buf

A pointer to a buffer where the result should be returned.

max

Specifies the size of the user's buffer.

nControl

A handle returned by FtpConnect().

DESCRIPTION

FtpModDate() attempts to determine the last access time of a remote file and return it to the user's buffer. The date and time are returned as a string in the format 'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS'.

RETURN VALUE

If a good response is received and the date and time are successfully parsed out of the result, 1 is returned. Otherwise, 0 is returned.

Some servers may not support the MDTM command.