(PowerShell) 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 .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 = "myUsername"
$ftp.Password = "myPassword"
$ftp.Port = 21
$ftp.AuthTls = $true

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    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 -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    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 -lt 0) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()

$([string]$numFilesDownloaded + " Files Downloaded!")