How to preserve 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 wh

Answer 1

This is how I solved it:

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;
}

I wish the Apache-team would implement this feature.

This is how you can use it:

List ftpFiles = Arrays.asList(client.listFiles());
for(FTPFile file : ftpFiles) {
    retrieveFile("/tmp", file.getName(), file.getTimestamp().getTime());
}