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Perl

FTP Download File to a Stream

Demonstrates how to FTP download a file to a Chilkat stream.

Chilkat Perl Downloads

Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
# See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

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

$ftp->put_Hostname("my-ftp-server.com");
$ftp->put_Port(21);
$ftp->put_Username("mFtpLogin");
$ftp->put_Password("myFtpPassword");
$ftp->put_AuthTls(1);
$ftp->put_Passive(1);

# Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Move to the sub-directory (from the FTP user's home directory) where the file is located.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("temp");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Stream to this local file:
$streamObj = chilkat::CkStream->new();
$streamObj->put_SinkFile("c:/temp/qa_output/penguins2.jpg");

$success = $ftp->GetFileToStream("penguins2.jpg",$streamObj);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->Disconnect();

print "Success." . "\r\n";