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FTP Non-Recursive Sync Directory (Download)

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Download files from the server that have filenames matchhing a pattern, and don't yet exist in a local directory.

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C
#include <C_CkFtp2.h>
#include <C_CkStringTable.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    int mode;
    HCkStringTable st;
    int numFiles;
    int i;
    const char *remoteFilename;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"myUsername");
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"myPassword");
    CkFtp2_putPort(ftp,21);
    CkFtp2_putAuthTls(ftp,TRUE);

    //  Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    //  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 = CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,"qa");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    //  Indicate that we only want to download files with filenames ending in ".txt"
    CkFtp2_putSyncMustMatch(ftp,"*.txt");

    //  Modes for synchronization are as follows:
    //  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.
    mode = 1;

    //  Download all files matching "*.txt" from the current remote ftp directory.
    //  The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
    success = CkFtp2_SyncLocalDir(ftp,"c:/temp/qa_output",mode);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    //  Perhaps we wish to delete the files we just downloaded from the server..
    st = CkStringTable_Create();
    CkFtp2_GetSyncedFiles(ftp,st);

    numFiles = CkStringTable_getCount(st);
    i = 0;

    while (i < numFiles) {
        remoteFilename = CkStringTable_stringAt(st,i);
        printf("Deleting %s from the FTP server\n",remoteFilename);
        success = CkFtp2_DeleteRemoteFile(ftp,remoteFilename);
        if (success != TRUE) {
            printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
            CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
            CkStringTable_Dispose(st);
            return;
        }

        i = i + 1;
    }

    success = CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);


    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
    CkStringTable_Dispose(st);

    }