Perl

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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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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.

$ftp = chilkat::CkFtp2->new();

$ftp->put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
$ftp->put_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->put_Password("myPassword");

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("public_html");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Download all .html files from the current remote directory.  Subdirectories are not traversed.
$numDownloaded = $ftp->MGetFiles("*.html","qa_output/site");
if ($numDownloaded < 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Downloaded " . $numDownloaded . " files." . "\r\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}