How to check if an FTP directory exists

Question

Looking for the best way to check for a given directory via FTP.

Currently i have the following code:

private bool FtpDirectoryExists(string direct         


        

Answer 1

I couldn't get this @BillyLogans suggestion to work....

I found the problem was the default FTP directory was /home/usr/fred

When I used:

String directory = "ftp://some.domain.com/mydirectory"
FtpWebRequest requestDir = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(new Uri(directory));

I found this gets turned into

"ftp:/some.domain.com/home/usr/fred/mydirectory"

to stop this change the directory Uri to:

String directory = "ftp://some.domain.com//mydirectory"

Then this starts working.