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SFTP SyncTreeDownload - Find out what files were downloaded

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Demonstrates how to find out which files were downloaded in a SyncTreeDownload method call.

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#include <CkSFtpW.h>
#include <CkStringTableW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  This example requires 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;
    }

    //  Synchronize the remote directory tree rooted at "syncDownloadTest/xml"
    //  with the local directory tree rooted at "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";
    const wchar_t *localDir = L"qa_output";

    //  Possible modes that can be passed to the SyncTreeDownload method are:
    //  mode=0: Download all files
    //  mode=1: Download all files that do not exist on the local filesystem.
    //  mode=2: Download newer or non-existant files.
    //  mode=3: Download only newer files. If a file does not already exist on the local filesystem, it is not downloaded from the server.
    //  mode=5: Download only missing files or files with size differences.
    //  mode=6: Same as mode 5, but also download newer files.
    //  mode=99: Do not download files, but instead delete remote files that do not exist locally.

    //  This example will use mode 6 to download missing, newer, or files with size differences.
    int mode = 6;
    //  This example will turn on recursion to synchronize the entire tree. 
    //  Recursion can be turned off to synchronize the files of a single directory.
    bool recursive = true;
    success = sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Examine the list of downloaded files.
    CkStringTableW st;
    sftp.GetSyncedFiles(st);

    int numFiles = st.get_Count();
    int i = 0;
    const wchar_t *remoteFilename = 0;
    while (i < numFiles) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",st.stringAt(i));
        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  For example:

    //  data/
    //  chiliPepper.gif
    //  helloWorld.pdf
    //  alice.key
    //  anter_cert.pem
    //  text/
    //  accentedLatin1.txt
    //  accentedUtf8.txt
    //  abc/
    //  abc/chiliPepper.gif
    //  abc/ghk/
    //  text/something/
    //  text/PolishEmailBody.txt
    //  text/frenchUtf8.txt
    //  text/helloWorld.txt
    //  data/chiliPepper.gif
    //  data/xyz/
    //  data/xyz/dkimHtmlBody.txt
    //  data/xyz/emailForCreateDsn.eml
    //  data/xyz/dkimVerifyTest.eml

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