(VB.NET) SFTP Download all Files in a Directory

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

Dim sftp As New Chilkat.SFtp

Dim success As Boolean = sftp.Connect("my-ssh-server.com",22)
If (success = True) Then
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
End If

If (success = True) Then
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
End If

If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' 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.

Dim remoteDir As String = "syncDownloadTest/xml"
Dim localDir As String = "qa_output"
' Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
Dim mode As Integer = 0
' Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
Dim recursive As Boolean = False
success = sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")