DirectoryParseFormats Property

Contains regular expression formats to parse FTP directory listings. By default if a directory entry cannot be parsed it is not put into the list. To see lines that cannot be parsed, turn on StrictDirectoryParsing. You may add your own parsing formats to the list. Please use these regular expression groups. See the examples below.

Regular Expression Groups

dir - Directory flag
permission - Permissions for the file or directory
size - The size of the file
timestamp - The date and time information (This is further parsed by the DateParseFormats)
name - The name of the file or directory

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Delphi
JScript
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Property DirectoryParseFormats As System.Collections.Generic.List(Of String)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FTP
Dim value As System.Collections.Generic.List(Of String)
 
instance.DirectoryParseFormats = value
 
value = instance.DirectoryParseFormats

public System.Collections.Generic.List<string> DirectoryParseFormats {get; set;}

public read-write property DirectoryParseFormats: System.Collections.Generic.List;

public function get,set DirectoryParseFormats : System.Collections.Generic.List

public: __property System.Collections.Generic.List<string*>* get_DirectoryParseFormats();
public: __property void set_DirectoryParseFormats( 
   System.Collections.Generic.List<string*>* value
);

public:
property System.Collections.Generic.List<String^>^ DirectoryParseFormats {
   System.Collections.Generic.List<String^>^ get();
   void set (    System.Collections.Generic.List<String^>^ value);
}

Example

FTP ftp = new FTP(); //Trial Mode            
//FTP ftp = new FTP("place user name here", "place license key here");
 
// set the name of the FTP server( its URL )
ftp.HostAddress = "ftp.fsz.bme.hu"; // a hungarian university. change this to your ftp server
ftp.UserName = "anonymous"; // replace with your user name
ftp.Password = "user@mail.com"; // replace with your password
 
ftp.DirectoryParseFormats.Add(@"^(?<dir>[\-d])(?<permission>([\-rwxt]+))\s+\d+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+(?<size>\d+)\s+(?<timestamp>\w+\s+\d+\s+\d{1,2}:\d{2})\s+(?<name>.+)");

Visual Basic

Dim ftp As FTP = New FTP() 'Trial Mode
'FTP ftp = new FTP("place user name here", "place license key here");
 
' set the name of the FTP server( its URL )
ftp.HostAddress = "ftp.fsz.bme.hu" ' a hungarian university. change this to your ftp server
ftp.UserName = "anonymous" ' replace with your user name
ftp.Password = "user@mail.com" ' replace with your password
 
ftp.DirectoryParseFormats.Add("^(?<dir>[\-d])(?<permission>([\-rwxt]+))\s+\d+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+(?<size>\d+)\s+(?<timestamp>\w+\s+\d+\s+\d{1,2}:\d{2})\s+(?<name>.+)")

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

FTP Class
FTP Members