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SFTP SyncTreeDownload - Find out what files were downloaded

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Demonstrates how to find out which files were downloaded in a SyncTreeDownload method call.

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C
#include <C_CkSFtp.h>
#include <C_CkStringTable.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtp sftp;
    const char *remoteDir;
    const char *localDir;
    int mode;
    BOOL recursive;
    HCkStringTable st;
    int numFiles;
    int i;
    const char *remoteFilename;

    success = FALSE;

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

    sftp = CkSFtp_Create();

    success = CkSFtp_Connect(sftp,"my-ssh-server.com",22);
    if (success == TRUE) {
        success = CkSFtp_AuthenticatePw(sftp,"mySshLogin","mySshPassword");
    }

    if (success == TRUE) {
        success = CkSFtp_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    }

    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    //  Synchronize the remote directory tree rooted at "syncDownloadTest/xml"
    //  with the local directory tree rooted at "qa_output"
    //  Both directories are relative paths.  The remote directory
    //  is relative to the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
    //  The local directory is relative to the current working directory of the process.
    //  It is also possible to use absolute paths.

    remoteDir = "syncDownloadTest";
    localDir = "qa_output";

    //  Possible modes that can be passed to the SyncTreeDownload method 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.
    //  mode=99: Do not download files, but instead delete remote files that do not exist locally.

    //  This example will use mode 6 to download missing, newer, or files with size differences.
    mode = 6;
    //  This example will turn on recursion to synchronize the entire tree. 
    //  Recursion can be turned off to synchronize the files of a single directory.
    recursive = TRUE;
    success = CkSFtp_SyncTreeDownload(sftp,remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    //  Examine the list of downloaded files.
    st = CkStringTable_Create();
    CkSFtp_GetSyncedFiles(sftp,st);

    numFiles = CkStringTable_getCount(st);
    i = 0;

    while (i < numFiles) {
        printf("%s\n",CkStringTable_stringAt(st,i));
        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  For example:

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

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
    CkStringTable_Dispose(st);

    }