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SFTP Download all Files in a Directory

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Demonstrates how to download all files in a remote directory. This example uses the SyncTreeDownload method in a non-recursive mode that forces the download of all files, regardless of date/time or size differences.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oSftp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.SFtp")

$bSuccess = $oSftp.Connect("my-ssh-server.com",22)
If ($bSuccess = True) Then
    $bSuccess = $oSftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
EndIf

If ($bSuccess = True) Then
    $bSuccess = $oSftp.InitializeSftp()
EndIf

If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Download all the files from the remote directory "syncDownloadTest/xml"
; into our local directory "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.

Local $sRemoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/xml"
Local $sLocalDir = "qa_output"
; Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
Local $iMode = 0
; Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
Local $bRecursive = False
$bSuccess = $oSftp.SyncTreeDownload($sRemoteDir,$sLocalDir,$iMode,$bRecursive)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)