(PowerShell) FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$ftp.Username = "login"
$ftp.Password = "password"

# To use FTP bandwidth throttling, set the BandwidthThrottleDown
# property to a maximum desired bytes/second:
# This example limits the download to 50K per second.
$ftp.BandwidthThrottleDown = 50000

# The default data transfer mode is "Active" as opposed to "Passive".

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    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 -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download a file.
$localFilename = "hamlet.xml"
$remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

$success = $ftp.GetFile($remoteFilename,$localFilename)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()

$("File Downloaded!")