(Classic ASP) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Ftp2")
set ftp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myUsername"
ftp.Password = "myPassword"
ftp.Port = 21
ftp.AuthTls = 1

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
' This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
' of the FTP account.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
' The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
numFilesDownloaded = ftp.MGetFiles("*.txt","c:/temp/qa_output")
If (numFilesDownloaded < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( numFilesDownloaded & " Files Downloaded!") & "</pre>"

%>
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