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FTP Iterate over Files in Directory Matching ListPattern

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Uses the ListPattern property to iterate over the files in a directory matching the pattern.

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C
#include <C_CkFtp2.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    int n;
    int i;
    const char *filename;
    HCkStringBuilder sbLocalPath;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"my_login");
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"my_password");
    CkFtp2_putPort(ftp,21);
    CkFtp2_putAuthTls(ftp,TRUE);

    success = CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Change to the "images" sub-directory located under our FTP account's home directory.
    success = CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,"images");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    CkFtp2_putListPattern(ftp,"*.png");

    // Fetch the current remote directory contents by calling GetDirCount
    n = CkFtp2_GetDirCount(ftp);
    if (n < 0) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    i = 0;

    sbLocalPath = CkStringBuilder_Create();

    while (i < n) {
        filename = CkFtp2_getFilename(ftp,i);
        printf("%s\n",filename);

        // Download this file.
        CkStringBuilder_SetString(sbLocalPath,"qa_output/");
        CkStringBuilder_Append(sbLocalPath,filename);
        success = CkFtp2_GetFile(ftp,filename,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbLocalPath));
        if (success != TRUE) {
            printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
            CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
            CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbLocalPath);
            return;
        }

        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbLocalPath);

    }