(Perl) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

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

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.example.com");
$ftp->put_Username("myUsername");
$ftp->put_Password("myPassword");
$ftp->put_Port(21);
$ftp->put_AuthTls(1);

# 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 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 != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
# The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
$numFilesDownloaded = $ftp->MGetFiles("*.txt","c:/temp/qa_output");
if ($numFilesDownloaded < 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

print $numFilesDownloaded . " Files Downloaded!" . "\r\n";