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Download Multiple FTP Files by Wildcard (MGET)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.MGetFiles method, which downloads files in the current remote directory matching a pattern into a local directory. The first argument is the remote pattern and the second is the local directory. It returns the number of files downloaded, or -1 on failure.

Note: The local paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is FTP's mget: fetch everything matching a wildcard in one call rather than looping yourself. It operates on the current remote directory — hence the ChangeRemoteDir first — and does not descend into subdirectories; use DownloadTree for recursive transfers. The count return lets you confirm how many matched, with -1 signaling an outright failure to check separately from a legitimate zero.

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Local $bSuccess = False

;  Demonstrates the Ftp2.MGetFiles method, which downloads files in the current remote directory
;  matching a pattern into a local directory.  The 1st argument is the remote pattern and the 2nd
;  is the local directory.  It returns the number of files downloaded, or -1 on failure.

$oFtp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ftp2")

$oFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$oFtp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

;  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
;  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$oFtp.Password = "myPassword"

$bSuccess = $oFtp.Connect()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Download all .html files from the current remote directory.  Subdirectories are not traversed.
Local $iNumDownloaded = $oFtp.MGetFiles("*.html","qa_output/site")
If ($iNumDownloaded < 0) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Downloaded " & $iNumDownloaded & " files." & @CRLF)

$bSuccess = $oFtp.Disconnect()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf