Preserving date modified when retrieving file using Apache FTPClient

Question

I am using org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient for retrieving files from a ftp server. It is crucial that I preserve the last modified timestamp on the file when its saved on my machine. How to solve this?

Answer 1

Below will help you:

public boolean retrieveFile(String path, String filename, long lastModified) throws IOException {

    File localFile = new File(path + "/" + filename);

    OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(localFile);

    boolean success = client.retrieveFile(filename, outputStream);

    outputStream.close();

    localFile.setLastModified(lastModified);

    return success;

}

You can use it like this:

List<FTPFile> ftpFiles = Arrays.asList(client.listFiles());

for(FTPFile file : ftpFiles) {

    retrieveFile("/tmp", file.getName(), file.getTimestamp().getTime());

}