FTPCurrentDir (Function)

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FTPCurrentDir (Function)

In french: FTPRepEnCours

Gets or sets the current directory on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).

New in SaaS
A new syntax for manipulating variables of type ftpConnection is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2.

For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

Example

See additional examples

// Connect the current computer to the FTP server
ConnectionNumber = FTPConnect("192.54.12.8")
// Identify the current directory on the FTP server
ResCurrentDir = FTPCurrentDir(ConnectionNumber)

New in SaaS

// Syntax not available in PHP
// Connect the current computer to the FTP server
MyFTPConnection is ftpConnection
MyFTPConnection.Server = "192.54.12.8"
FTPConnect(MyFTPConnection)

// Identify the current directory on the FTP server
ResCurrentDir = FTPCurrentDir(MyFTPConnection)

Syntax

Getting the current directory Hide the details

<Result> = FTPCurrentDir(<FTP connection>)

<Result>: Character string

Absolute name of current directory on the FTP server,
Empty string ("") if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<FTP connection>: Integer or ftpConnection variable

Connection identifier, returned by FTPConnect.
New in SaaS
Name of the ftpConnection variable that corresponds to the FTP connection used.
Note: This feature is only available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2.
For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

Setting the current directory Hide the details

<Result> = FTPCurrentDir(<FTP connection> , <New current directory>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the current directory was modified,
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<FTP connection>: Integer or ftpConnection variable

Connection identifier, returned by FTPConnect.
New in SaaS
Name of the ftpConnection variable that corresponds to the FTP connection used.

Note: This feature is only available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2. For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

<New current directory>: Character string

Name and full (or relative) path of new current directory. The different path sections are separated by "slashes" ("/").

Remarks

Timeout

By default, all the FTP functions fail if the FTP server does not respond within 20 seconds. This time can be modified:

when connecting to the FTP server with FTPConnect (<Timeout> parameter).
New in SaaS
when defining the parameters of the ftpConnection variable (Timeout property).
Note: This feature is only available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2.
For more details, see Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025.

Rights of users

Only a user who has read rights on the FTP server can get information about the files or the directories located on an FTP server. In most cases, the read rights are granted to the "anonymous" users.

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

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