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SFTP Download all Files in a Directory

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Demonstrates how to download all files in a remote directory. This example uses the SyncTreeDownload method in a non-recursive mode that forces the download of all files, regardless of date/time or size differences.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkSFtpW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtpW sftp;
    const wchar_t *remoteDir;
    const wchar_t *localDir;
    int mode;
    BOOL recursive;

    success = FALSE;

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

    sftp = CkSFtpW_Create();

    success = CkSFtpW_Connect(sftp,L"my-ssh-server.com",22);
    if (success == TRUE) {
        success = CkSFtpW_AuthenticatePw(sftp,L"mySshLogin",L"mySshPassword");
    }

    if (success == TRUE) {
        success = CkSFtpW_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    }

    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Download all the files from the remote directory "syncDownloadTest/xml"
    // into our local directory "qa_output"
    // Both directories are relative paths.  The remote directory
    // is relative to the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
    // The local directory is relative to the current working directory of the process.
    // It is also possible to use absolute paths.

    remoteDir = L"syncDownloadTest/xml";
    localDir = L"qa_output";
    // Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
    mode = 0;
    // Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
    recursive = FALSE;
    success = CkSFtpW_SyncTreeDownload(sftp,remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);

    }