DirFormat property
Expected directory format.
Type
A
DirFormats enumeration. Determines server's directory list format.
Syntax
object.DirFormat[= value]
The DirFormat(object,value) syntax has these parts:
| object | An expression evaluating to an object of type wodFtpDLX. |
| value | A DirFormats enumeration, as described in settings. |
Remarks
Settings
The settings for value are:
| Constant | Value | Description |
| fmtAuto | 0 | Automatically determines remote format. |
| fmtUNIX | 1 | Remote format is UNIX alike. |
| fmtWindows | 2 | Remote format is Windows alike. |
| fmtVShell | 3 | Remote format is VShell2.1 |
When connecting to remote server, most probably you will need to obtain directory listing for the directory of your choice. If you can parse it by yourself, you may ignore this property. But - if you intent to use
DirItems property and therefore access wodFtpDLX'es internally parsed information about the directory, you might need to adjust DirFormat property to type of the server you use.
Most typically, you will connect to UNIX servers, or servers that provide same directory listing type as UNIX servers, that typically looks like this:
drwxr-xr-x 1 root kreso 4096 Sep 17 07:28 somefile
Setting DirFormat to
fmtAuto or
fmtUNIX will make wodFtpDLX parse above information correctly and provide appropriate information as new
DirItem object for each such line in directory listing.
Also, DOS and WINDOWS servers may provide different type of listing, looking like this:
10-16-02 02:18PM 744256 number1s.txt
which wodFtpDLX can handle with ease using
fmtWindows or
fmtAuto setting.
For other directory types (non-standard), you must parse information by yourself, or notify us at general@weonlydo.com to include such parsing in future versions.
Platforms
Windows
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