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SFTP Sync Download Tree w/ Must-Match Directory Constraints

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Demonstrates how SFTP synchronize a directory tree in the download direction, but only entering directories matching a set of wildcard filenames.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.76 or greater.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SFtp;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SFtp sftp = new SFtp();

        try {
            sftp.connect("my-ssh-server.com", 22);
            sftp.authenticatePw("mySshLogin", "mySshPassword");

            sftp.initializeSftp();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Possible synchronization modes are:
        // mode=0: Download all files
        // mode=1: Download all files that do not exist on the local filesystem.
        // mode=2: Download newer or non-existant files.
        // mode=3: Download only newer files. If a file does not already exist on the local filesystem, it is not downloaded from the server.
        // mode=5: Download only missing files or files with size differences.
        // mode=6: Same as mode 5, but also download newer files.

        // Only enter remote directories named either "data" or matching "x*"
        sftp.setSyncMustMatchDir("data; x*");

        // Imagine our remote directory tree has these files and directories:

        //     accentedLatin1.txt
        //     accentedUtf8.txt
        //     alice.key
        //     anter_cert.pem
        //     chiliPepper.gif
        //     helloWorld.pdf
        //     abc/chiliPepper.gif
        //     abc/ghk/
        //     data/chiliPepper.gif
        //     data/xyz/dkimHtmlBody.txt
        //     data/xyz/dkimVerifyTest.eml
        //     data/xyz/emailForCreateDsn.eml
        //     text/frenchUtf8.txt
        //     text/helloWorld.txt
        //     text/PolishEmailBody.txt
        //     text/something/

        String remoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/someDir";
        String localDir = "qa_output";
        int mode = 0;
        boolean recursive = true;
        try {
            sftp.syncTreeDownload(remoteDir, localDir, mode, recursive);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The following files were downloaded:

        // accentedLatin1.txt
        // accentedUtf8.txt
        // alice.key
        // anter_cert.pem
        // chiliPepper.gif
        // helloWorld.pdf
        // data/chiliPepper.gif
        // data/xyz/dkimHtmlBody.txt
        // data/xyz/dkimVerifyTest.eml
        // data/xyz/emailForCreateDsn.eml

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}