How to List Directory Contents with FTP in C#?

Question

How to List Directory Contents with FTP in C# ?

I am using below code to List Directory Contents with FTP it is returning result in XML format ,but i want only the name of directory not the whole content.

How i Can do that ?

public class WebRequestGetExample {     public static void Main ()     {         // Get the object used to communicate with the server.         FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.contoso.com/");         request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails;          // This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon.         request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential ("anonymous","[email protected]");          FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();          Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();         StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);         Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadToEnd());          Console.WriteLine("Directory List Complete, status {0}", response.StatusDescription);          reader.Close();         response.Close();     } } 

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Answer 1

Try this:

FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri); ftpRequest.Credentials =new NetworkCredential("anonymous","[email protected]"); ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory; FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse(); StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());  List<string> directories = new List<string>();  string line = streamReader.ReadLine(); while (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(line)) {     directories.Add(line);     line = streamReader.ReadLine(); }  streamReader.Close(); 

It gave me a list of directories... all listed in the directories string list... tell me if that is what you needed

Answer 2

You are probably looking for PrintWorkingDirectory