Delphi ActiveX

SFTP Download all Files in a Directory

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Demonstrates how to download all files in a remote directory. This example uses the SyncTreeDownload method in a non-recursive mode that forces the download of all files, regardless of date/time or size differences. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
sftp: TChilkatSFtp;
remoteDir: WideString;
localDir: WideString;
mode: Integer;
recursive: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

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

sftp := TChilkatSFtp.Create(Self);

success := sftp.Connect('my-ssh-server.com',22);
if (success = 1) then
  begin
    success := sftp.AuthenticatePw('mySshLogin','mySshPassword');
  end;
if (success = 1) then
  begin
    success := sftp.InitializeSftp();
  end;
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Download all the files from the remote directory "syncDownloadTest/xml"
// into our local directory "qa_output"
// Both directories are relative paths.  The remote directory
// is relative to the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
// The local directory is relative to the current working directory of the process.
// It is also possible to use absolute paths.

remoteDir := 'syncDownloadTest/xml';
localDir := 'qa_output';
// Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
mode := 0;
// Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
recursive := 0;
success := sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
end;