(PowerShell) SFTP Download Files Matching a Pattern

Demonstrates how to download files in a directory matching one or more patterns (such as "*.zip" or "abc*_*0719.csv".

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.

$sftp = New-Object Chilkat.SFtp

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

if ($success -eq $true) {
    $success = $sftp.InitializeSftp()
}

if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The SyncTreeDownload method can be used non-recursively to download all files matching a set of patterns.

# This example will download all files, but only those files having filenames
# that match *.csv and *.eml
$sftp.SyncMustMatch = "*.eml; *.gif"

$remoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/someDir"
$localDir = "qa_output"

# mode=0: Download all matching files according to SyncMustMatch
$mode = 0

# do not recursively traverse the remote directory tree.
$recursive = $false

$success = $sftp.SyncTreeDownload($remoteDir,$localDir,$mode,$recursive)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success.")