(Lianja) SFTP Download Files Matching a Pattern

Demonstrates how to download files in a directory matching one or more patterns (such as "*.zip" or "abc*_*0719.csv".

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// This example requires 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

// The SyncTreeDownload method can be used non-recursively to download all files matching a set of patterns.

// This example will download all files, but only those files having filenames
// that match *.csv and *.eml
loSftp.SyncMustMatch = "*.eml; *.gif"

lcRemoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/someDir"
lcLocalDir = "qa_output"

// mode=0: Download all matching files according to SyncMustMatch
lnMode = 0

// do not recursively traverse the remote directory tree.
llRecursive = .F.

llSuccess = loSftp.SyncTreeDownload(lcRemoteDir,lcLocalDir,lnMode,llRecursive)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

? "Success."


release loSftp