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Chilkat2-Python

Synchronize Remote Directory Tree

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Uploads a directory tree from the local filesystem to the FTP server. Synchronization modes include:

mode=0: Upload all files
mode=1: Upload all files that do not exist on the FTP server.
mode=2: Upload newer or non-existant files.
mode=3: Upload only newer files. If a file does not already exist on the FTP server, it is not uploaded.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

ftp = chilkat2.Ftp2()

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

ftp.KeepSessionLog = True

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Set the current remote directory to the root of
# the tree where files are uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("/abc123")
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Recursively upload all non-existant and newer files.
mode = 2
success = ftp.SyncRemoteTree("c:/temp/abc123",mode)
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = ftp.Disconnect()

# Display the session log.  
print(ftp.SessionLog)