Tcl

Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern. Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set ftp [new_CkFtp2]

CkFtp2_put_Hostname $ftp "ftp.example.com"
CkFtp2_put_Username $ftp "myUsername"
CkFtp2_put_Password $ftp "myPassword"
CkFtp2_put_Port $ftp 21
CkFtp2_put_AuthTls $ftp 1

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
set success [CkFtp2_Connect $ftp]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    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.
set success [CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir $ftp "qa"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

# Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
# The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
set numFilesDownloaded [CkFtp2_MGetFiles $ftp "*.txt" "c:/temp/qa_output"]
if {$numFilesDownloaded < 0} then {
    puts [CkFtp2_lastErrorText $ftp]
    delete_CkFtp2 $ftp
    exit
}

set success [CkFtp2_Disconnect $ftp]

puts "$numFilesDownloaded Files Downloaded!"

delete_CkFtp2 $ftp