Determine latest file from SFTP server using Java JSch

Question

Is there a way to determine the name of latest file on Unix SFTP server using Java JSch?

I want to copy the latest file from server to local machine. I already have a working code for that. But I'm not able to identify the latest file. The folder contains many files in below format:

Some Report dd/MM/yyyy hh:ss

I tried the code mentioned in this post but it isn't picking up the latest file. Also the code never seems to stop executing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I based my solution on code posted in Finding file size and last modified of SFTP oldest file using Java, with the following modification:

• Change the comparision of nextTime and currentOldestTime from if (nextTime < currentOldestTime) to if (nextTime > currentOldestTime). This now picks up the latest file.

Answer 2

The below is the working program copying the leatest file from remote server to local using jsch:

package com.poc.client;

import java.util.Vector;

import com.jcraft.jsch.Channel;
import com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp;
import com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp.LsEntry;
import com.jcraft.jsch.JSch;
import com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException;
import com.jcraft.jsch.Session;
import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpATTRS;
import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpException;

public class CopyFileRemoteToLocal {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String hostname = "hostName";
        String username = "userName";
        String password = "password";
        String copyFrom = "serverFilePath";
        String copyTo = "LocalFilePath"; 
        JSch jsch = new JSch();
        Session session = null;
        System.out.println("Trying to connect.....");
        try {
            session = jsch.getSession(username, hostname, 22);
            session.setConfig("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
            session.setPassword(password);
            session.connect(); 
            Channel channel = session.openChannel("sftp");
            channel.connect();
            ChannelSftp sftpChannel = (ChannelSftp) channel; 
            Vector<LsEntry> vector = (Vector<LsEntry>) sftpChannel.ls(copyFrom);
            ChannelSftp.LsEntry list = vector.get(0);
            String oldestFile =list.getFilename();
            SftpATTRS attrs=list.getAttrs();
            int currentOldestTime =attrs.getMTime();
            String nextName=null;
            LsEntry lsEntry=null;
            int nextTime;
            for (Object sftpFile : vector) {
                lsEntry = (ChannelSftp.LsEntry) sftpFile;
                nextName = lsEntry.getFilename();
                attrs = lsEntry.getAttrs();
                nextTime = attrs.getMTime();
                if (nextTime > currentOldestTime) {
                    oldestFile = nextName;
                    currentOldestTime = nextTime;
                }
            }

            System.out.println("File name is ...."+oldestFile);
            sftpChannel.get(copyFrom+oldestFile, copyTo);
            sftpChannel.exit();
            session.disconnect();
        } catch (JSchException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();  
        } catch (SftpException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        System.out.println("Done !!");
    }

}