Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

Download Chilkat Perl Module

use chilkat;

$ftp = new chilkat::CkFtp2();

# Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $ftp->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->put_Hostname("www.example-code.com");
$ftp->put_Username("example-code.com");
$ftp->put_Password("*myPassword1*");

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
# This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
# of the FTP account.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("vcpp");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

# Download all files with filenames matching "ftp_*.asp"
# The files are downloaded into c:/temp
$numFilesDownloaded = $ftp->MGetFiles("ftp_*.asp","c:/temp");
if ($numFilesDownloaded < 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->Disconnect();

print $numFilesDownloaded . " Files Downloaded!" . "\r\n";