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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. Unicode C++

#include <CkSFtpW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkSFtpW sftp;

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

    if (success == true) {
        success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    }

    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        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.

    const wchar_t *remoteDir = L"syncDownloadTest/xml";
    const wchar_t *localDir = L"qa_output";
    // Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
    int mode = 0;
    // Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
    bool recursive = false;
    success = sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }