Xojo Plugin

SFTP Download Files Matching a Pattern

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Demonstrates how to download files in a directory matching one or more patterns (such as "*.zip" or "abc*_*0719.csv". Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim sftp As New Chilkat.SFtp

success = 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
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// The SyncTreeDownload method can be used non-recursively to download all files matching a set of patterns.

// This example will download all files, but only those files having filenames
// that match *.csv and *.eml
sftp.SyncMustMatch = "*.eml; *.gif"

Dim remoteDir As String
remoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/someDir"
Dim localDir As String
localDir = "qa_output"

// mode=0: Download all matching files according to SyncMustMatch
Dim mode As Int32
mode = 0

// do not recursively traverse the remote directory tree.
Dim recursive As Boolean
recursive = False

success = sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success.")