JavaScript

Synchronize Local Directory Tree

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Downloads files from the FTP server to a local directory tree. Synchronization modes include:

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. JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var ftp = new CkFtp2();

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) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Set the current remote directory to the root of
// the tree to be downloaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("/subDir1");
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Recursively download all non-existant and newer files.
var mode = 2;
success = ftp.SyncLocalTree("c:/temp/subDir1",mode);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = ftp.Disconnect();

// Display the session log.  
console.log(ftp.SessionLog);