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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. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

loSftp = createobject("CkSFtp")

llSuccess = loSftp.Connect("my-ssh-server.com",22)
if (llSuccess = .T.) then
    llSuccess = loSftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
endif

if (llSuccess = .T.) then
    llSuccess = loSftp.InitializeSftp()
endif

if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

// 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.

lcRemoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/xml"
lcLocalDir = "qa_output"
// Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
lnMode = 0
// Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
llRecursive = .F.
llSuccess = loSftp.SyncTreeDownload(lcRemoteDir,lcLocalDir,lnMode,llRecursive)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

? "Success."


release loSftp