How to check that directory exist on ftp server or not?

[aamersaeed2368]

Dear All,

I want to write a function of bool type to check whether a directory exist on ftp server or not..........I' ve googled it so much but couldn't get the solution......C urrently i am using

WebRequestMethods.Ftp.GetDateTimestamp;

but this function return false in both cases either directory exist or not............ ..And another function

WebRequestMethods.Ftp.PrintWorkingDirectory;

which return true for every case either directory exist or not??????Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Aamer.

[PsychoCoder]

Here's one option you have for solving your issue using the FtpWebRequest and FtpWebResponse classes built into the .NET Framework

public bool DoesExist(string file)
{
	var ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create (string.Format("{0}/{1}","ftp://ftp.domain.com",file));
	ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
	ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.GetFileSize;
	
	try
	{
	    FtpWebResponse ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
	    return true;
	}
	catch (WebException ex)
	{
	    FtpWebResponse ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ex.Response;
	    if (ftpResponse.StatusCode == FtpStatusCode.ActionNotTakenFileUnavailable)
	    {
	        return false;
	    }
	}
}