Delphi ActiveX

SFTP Synchronize Directory Tree - Download

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Demonstrates how to download files to synchronize a local directory tree with a remote directory tree. The SyncTreeDownload method recursively descends the remote directory tree and downloads files based on existence, last-mod date/time and/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 requires 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;

// Synchronize the remote directory tree rooted at "syncDownloadTest/xml"
// with the local directory tree rooted at "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';

// Possible modes that can be passed to the SyncTreeDownload method are:
// 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.

// This example will use mode 6 to download missing, newer, or files with size differences.
mode := 6;
// This example will turn on recursion to synchronize the entire tree. 
// Recursion can be turned off to synchronize the files of a single directory.
recursive := 1;
success := sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

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