Check If File Exists On FTP

I'm using libcurl to connect to my site via FTP. I want to know how to check if a file on my FTP exists or not. Or better yet, I want to know if a file I upload to my FTP overwrites an existing file or not.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I can post the code that I have so far if necessary. Thanks.

Send the command to do an 'ls' and study the response?

Would you mind posting an example? I know 'ls' will return the files within a directory, but how would I check if a certain file is in it. I'd prefer not to do a loop because I have hundreds of files within this directory.

Maybe you could do ls filetocheck.ext? If it returns the file, then file exists, otherwise, it doesn't.

> but how would I check if a certain file is in it
What????
You can do FTP, but you can't figure out how to do strcmp() in a loop?

"I'd prefer not to do a loop because I have hundreds of files within this directory."

Where would libcurl store the result of "ls filetocheck"? I think I would be able to run the command, but where do the results of the command end up?

I believe you can pipe ls output into your program directly...

> "I'd prefer not to do a loop because I have hundreds of files within this directory."
Ah, premature optimisation disease.

> Where would libcurl store the result of "ls filetocheck"?
No idea - did you read the manual?
I was under the impression you had done this bit.

Well, I found out how to check if a file exists even though it's problem not the best way. Just call:

Code:

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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://user:[email protected]/filetocheck");

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Then, when you get the result:

Code:

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res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

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That will report with an error (PERIOD). However, THE FIRST error that is produced is:

CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE

The only time that error is produced is if CURL could "RETR"ieve the file, meaning the file doesnt exist if that error is produced. Otherwise, different errors are produced (like, couldn't write retrieved data to application). I really dont care what error is produced, I just want to know if CURL could "RETR"ieve the file or not. So for those who are using this as an example, this is what you do after you get the results in res:

Code:

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if(res==CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE) {
    MessageBox(0, "File Doesnt Exist code belongs here", "Result", 0);
} else {
    MessageBox(0, "File Does Exist code belongs here", "Result", 0);
}

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Thanks for your help (also, res wont contain the results of the command you enter; it returns the error in running the commands. So if it performs successfully, then the error is CURLE_OK, which doesnt help me).