FtpModDate(3)

FtpModDate3

Determine last modification time of a remote file.

Usage

#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().

Overview

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.

Releases

Unchanged in 9 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink).

  1. 2.1–8

From ftplib-dev 3.1-1-9 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.