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Visual FoxPro

Download Directory Tree

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Download a directory tree from an FTP server, re-creating it on the local filesystem.

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Visual FoxPro
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp

lnSuccess = 0

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

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "test"
loFtp.Password = "test"

* Connect and login to the FTP server.
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Set the current remote directory to the root of
* the tree to be downloaded.
* success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("/something");
* if (success != cktrue) { 
* 	println ftp.LastErrorText;
* 	return;
* }

* Download the entire tree, recreating it at c:/temp/something
lnSuccess = loFtp.DownloadTree("c:/temp/something2")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()

RELEASE loFtp