B4X

Download an FTP Directory Tree

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.DownloadTree method, which downloads all selected files and subdirectories beneath the current remote directory and recreates the tree under a local directory. The only argument is the local root. Existing local files are overwritten.

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 a full recursive pull — it walks the remote tree and mirrors its structure locally in one call, the backbone of tasks like backing up a server directory or grabbing an entire published site. Unlike the Sync methods it transfers everything selected regardless of what already exists locally; use SetOldestDateStr or the file/directory filter properties to narrow what is included.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.DownloadTree method, which downloads all selected files and subdirectories
'  beneath the current remote directory and recreates the tree locally.  The only argument is the
'  local root directory.

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.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.
ftp.Password = "myPassword"

success = ftp.Connect
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Recreate the remote tree under the local directory.  Existing local files are overwritten.
success = ftp.DownloadTree("qa_output/site")
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log("Directory tree downloaded.")

success = ftp.Disconnect
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If