Perl

Simple FTP Download

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Simple example to download a file from an FTP server. 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.someFtpServer.com');
$ftp->Username('myLogin');
$ftp->Password('myPassword');

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

# Change to the remote directory where the file is located.
# This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
# for the FTP account.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('junk');
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

my $localFilename = 'c:/temp/hamlet.xml';
my $remoteFilename = 'hamlet.xml';

# Download a file.
$success = $ftp->GetFile($remoteFilename, $localFilename);
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

print "File Downloaded!\n";