(Perl) SFTP Download all Files in a Directory

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.

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

use chilkat();

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

$sftp = chilkat::CkSFtp->new();

$success = $sftp->Connect("my-ssh-server.com",22);
if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword");
}

if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
}

if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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.

$remoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/xml";
$localDir = "qa_output";
# Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
$mode = 0;
# Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
$recursive = 0;
$success = $sftp->SyncTreeDownload($remoteDir,$localDir,$mode,$recursive);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success." . "\r\n";