Download Directory Tree

Download a directory tree from an FTP server, re-creating it on the local filesystem.

Download: Chilkat Cocoa Objective-C Libraries

NSMutableString *strOutput = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:1000];

CkoFtp2 *ftp = [[[CkoFtp2 alloc] init] autorelease];

BOOL success;

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = [ftp UnlockComponent: @"Anything for 30-day trial"];
if (success != YES) {
    [strOutput appendString: ftp.LastErrorText];
    [strOutput appendString: @"\n"];
    self.mainTextField.stringValue = strOutput;
    return;
}

//  This is a public (read-only) FTP site that can be tested.
//  The username/password is valid:
ftp.Hostname = @"ftp.secureftp-test.com";
ftp.Username = @"test";
ftp.Password = @"test";

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = [ftp Connect];
if (success != YES) {
    [strOutput appendString: ftp.LastErrorText];
    [strOutput appendString: @"\n"];
    self.mainTextField.stringValue = strOutput;
    return;
}

//  Set the current remote directory to the root of
//  the tree to be downloaded.
//  success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("/something");
//  if (success != cktrue) {
// 	msgbox ftp.LastErrorText;
// 	return;
// }

//  Download the entire tree, recreating it at c:/temp/something
success = [ftp DownloadTree: @"c:/temp/something2"];
if (success != YES) {
    [strOutput appendString: ftp.LastErrorText];
    [strOutput appendString: @"\n"];
    self.mainTextField.stringValue = strOutput;
    return;
}

[ftp Disconnect];

self.mainTextField.stringValue = strOutput;