B4X

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. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim sftp As ChilkatSFtp
sftp.Initialize("sftp")

success = sftp.Connect("my-ssh-server.com", 22)
If success = True Then
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin", "mySshPassword")
End If

If success = True Then
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp
End If

If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  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.

Dim remoteDir As String = "syncDownloadTest/xml"
Dim localDir As String = "qa_output"
'  Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
Dim mode As Int = 0
'  Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
Dim recursive As Boolean = False
success = sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir, localDir, mode, recursive)
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Success.")