(PowerShell) FTP Iterate over Files in Directory Matching ListPattern

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Uses the ListPattern property to iterate over the files in a directory matching the pattern.

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-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 = "my_login"
$ftp.Password = "my_password"
$ftp.Port = 21
$ftp.AuthTls = $true

$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Change to the "images" sub-directory located under our FTP account's home directory.
$success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("images")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$ftp.ListPattern = "*.png"

# Fetch the current remote directory contents by calling GetDirCount
$n = $ftp.GetDirCount()
if ($n -lt 0) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$i = 0

$sbLocalPath = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder

while ($i -lt $n) {
    $filename = $ftp.GetFilename($i)
    $($filename)

    # Download this file.
    $sbLocalPath.SetString("qa_output/")
    $sbLocalPath.Append($filename)
    $success = $ftp.GetFile($filename,$sbLocalPath.GetAsString())
    if ($success -ne $true) {
        $($ftp.LastErrorText)
        exit
    }

    $i = $i + 1
}