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Kevin Killion
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 Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:29 am Post subject: TIdFTP equivalent to ForceDirectories? |
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Is there any way in TIdFTP to guarantee that a path exists, akin to
Delphi's ForceDirectories function?
Example:
Given a path "clients/acme/2004/june"
Create "clients", "acme", "2004", and "june" as needed
I tried MakeDir, but it doesn't seem to like accepting a whole path.
I could roll-my-own equivalent by testing directories one after another
to see if they exist, and calling TIdFTP.MakeDir one at a time if they
don't. But then again, I don't see any obvious equivalent to Delphi's
"DirectoryExists" either.
Suggestions?
Thanks!
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Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: Re: TIdFTP equivalent to ForceDirectories? |
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"Kevin Killion" <kevinNOSPAM (AT) shsmedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:kevinNOSPAM-11843A.17292107092006 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com...
| Quote: | Is there any way in TIdFTP to guarantee that a path exists,
akin to Delphi's ForceDirectories function?
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There is nothing in the FTP protocol for that. You will have to manually do
what ForceDirectories() does internally - attempt to create a folder and
then check if the server reports whether it already exists, repeating
recursively for each subfolder as needed.
| Quote: | Example:
Given a path "clients/acme/2004/june"
Create "clients", "acme", "2004", and "june" as needed
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You have to do that yourself one at a time. Create the "clients" folder,
then change to it, then create the "acme" folder, then change to it, and so
on.
| Quote: | I tried MakeDir, but it doesn't seem to like accepting a whole path.
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You can't create whole paths in a single operation. You have to do it one
at a time. ForceDirectories() does the same thing internally.
| Quote: | I could roll-my-own equivalent by testing directories one after
another to see if they exist, and calling TIdFTP.MakeDir one at
a time if they don't.
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That is exactly what you have to do.
| Quote: | But then again, I don't see any obvious equivalent to Delphi's
"DirectoryExists" either.
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MakeDir() will throw an exception that you can catch if the folder already
exists. The FTP protocol requires the server to report an error when a
client tries to create an existing folder.
Alternatively, perform a directory listing on the parent folder, and see
whether the desired subfolder is contained in the listing.
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