Android™

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. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("myUsername");
    ftp.put_Password("myPassword");
    ftp.put_Port(21);
    ftp.put_AuthTls(true);

    //  Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        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 = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Indicate that we only want to download files with filenames ending in ".txt"
    ftp.put_SyncMustMatch("*.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.
    int mode = 1;

    //  Download all files matching "*.txt" from the current remote ftp directory.
    //  The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
    success = ftp.SyncLocalDir("c:/temp/qa_output",mode);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Perhaps we wish to delete the files we just downloaded from the server..
    CkStringTable st = new CkStringTable();
    ftp.GetSyncedFiles(st);

    int numFiles = st.get_Count();
    int i = 0;
    String remoteFilename;
    while (i < numFiles) {
        remoteFilename = st.stringAt(i);
        Log.i(TAG, "Deleting " + remoteFilename + " from the FTP server");
        success = ftp.DeleteRemoteFile(remoteFilename);
        if (success != true) {
            Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
            return;
            }

        i = i + 1;
        }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}