Perl

Download Directory Tree Listing as XML

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Downloads a complete remote directory tree listing in XML format. The directory tree in XML format looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<dirTree>
    <file>bookstore.xml</file>
    <file>hamlet.xml</file>
    <file>hamlet.zip</file>
    <file>japanese.xml</file>
    <file>New Text Document (2).txt</file>
    <file>New Text Document.txt</file>
    <file>nutrition.xml</file>
    <file>pigs.xml</file>
    <file>plants.xml</file>
    <dir name="subdir1">
        <file>box.ico</file>
        <file>Setup.exe</file>
        <dir name="a">
            <file>dude.gif</file>
            <file>HelloWorld123.txt</file>
        </dir>
    </dir>
    <dir name="subdir2">
        <file>scream.jpg</file>
    </dir>
</dirTree>

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $ftp = Chilkat2::Ftp2->new;

$ftp->Hostname('ftp.something.com');
$ftp->Username('test');
$ftp->Password('test');

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
my $success = $ftp->Connect();
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Recursively download the listings for the complete
# remote directory tree at the current remote dir.
# In this case, we haven't called ChangeRemoteDir,
# so the current remote dir is the root directory of the
# FTP account.
my $strXml = $ftp->DirTreeXml();

print $strXml, "\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();