Download file based on date modified from SFTP

Question

Is there a way to get the files from SFTP server that should be based on modified date using Tamir.SharpSsh? Currently I am downloading files by file name but my requirement

Answer 1

SharpSsh does not allow that. It's a dead project, do not use it.

Anyway, I took a look at the code to assess how difficult it would be add possibility to retrieve file timestamp using the Sftp.GetFileList (since the library is open source).

You would have to:

• Add a timestamp field to the ChannelSftp.LsEntry
• Add parsing out timestamp from the SSH_FXP_NAME packet to the ChannelSftp.ls method
• Modify (or add an alternative to) the Sftp.GetFileList to return not only file name, but also the timestamp (and other file metadata).

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Alternatively, you can use WinSCP .NET assembly. You can use its Session.GetFiles method with a file mask. E.g. a file mask *>7D selects all files modified in the last week.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)