(Go) FTP Non-Recursive Sync Directory (Download)

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Download files from the server that have filenames matchhing a pattern, and don't yet exist in a local directory.

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

    ftp := chilkat.NewFtp2()

    ftp.SetHostname("ftp.example.com")
    ftp.SetUsername("myUsername")
    ftp.SetPassword("myPassword")
    ftp.SetPort(21)
    ftp.SetAuthTls(true)

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success := ftp.Connect()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // 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 != true {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // Indicate that we only want to download files with filenames ending in ".txt"
    ftp.SetSyncMustMatch("*.txt")

    // Modes for synchronization are as follows:
    // mode=0: Download all files
    // mode=1: Download all files that do not exist on the local filesystem.
    // mode=2: Download newer or non-existant files.
    // mode=3: Download only newer files. If a file does not already exist on the local filesystem, it is not downloaded from the server.
    // mode=5: Download only missing files or files with size differences.
    // mode=6: Same as mode 5, but also download newer files.
    // mode=99: Do not download files, but instead delete remote files that do not exist locally.
    mode := 1

    // Download all files matching "*.txt" from the current remote ftp directory.
    // The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
    success = ftp.SyncLocalDir("c:/temp/qa_output",mode)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    // We can see what files were downloaded in the SyncedFiles property,
    // which lists the files one per line.
    fmt.Println(ftp.SyncedFiles())

    // Perhaps we wish to delete the files we just downloaded from the server..
    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sb.Append(ftp.SyncedFiles())

    st := chilkat.NewStringTable()
    st.AppendFromSb(sb)

    numFiles := st.Count()
    i := 0
    var remoteFilename *string = new(string)
    for i < numFiles {
        remoteFilename = st.StringAt(i)
        fmt.Println("Deleting ", *remoteFilename, " from the FTP server")
        success = ftp.DeleteRemoteFile(*remoteFilename)
        if success != true {
            fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
            ftp.DisposeFtp2()
            sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
            st.DisposeStringTable()
            return
        }

        i = i + 1
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect()

    ftp.DisposeFtp2()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
    st.DisposeStringTable()