(Perl) Simple FTP Download

Simple example to download a file from an FTP server.

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

use chilkat();

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

$ftp = chilkat::CkFtp2->new();

$ftp->put_Hostname("ftp.someFtpServer.com");
$ftp->put_Username("myLogin");
$ftp->put_Password("myPassword");

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Change to the remote directory where the file is located.
# This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
# for the FTP account.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("junk");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$localFilename = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml";
$remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml";

# Download a file.
$success = $ftp->GetFile($remoteFilename,$localFilename);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

print "File Downloaded!" . "\r\n";