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SCP Download Files Matching a Pattern, such as *.txt

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Demonstrates how to SCP download files matching a pattern, such as *.txt.

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Chilkat2 PHP
<?php

use Chilkat2\Scp;
use Chilkat2\Ssh;

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

$ssh = new Ssh();

// Connect to an SSH server:
$hostname = 'MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP';
$port = 22;

try {
    $ssh->Connect($hostname, $port);

    // Wait a max of 5 seconds when reading responses..
    $ssh->IdleTimeoutMs = 5000;

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    $ssh->AuthenticatePw('MY-SSH-LOGIN', 'MY-SSH-PASSWORD');

    // Once the SSH object is connected and authenticated, use it
    // in the SCP object.
    $scp = new Scp();

    $scp->UseSsh($ssh);

    $scp->HeartbeatMs = 200;

    // Set the SyncMustMatch property to "*.pem" to download only .pem files
    $scp->SyncMustMatch = '*.pem';

    $remoteDir = 'qa_syncA';
    $localDir = 'c:/aaworkarea/scp/qa_syncA';

    // Download synchronization modes:
    // 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 = 0;

    // Do not recurse the remote directory tree.  Only download files matching *.pem
    // from the given remote directory.
    $bRecurse = false;

    $scp->SyncTreeDownload($remoteDir, $localDir, $mode, $bRecurse);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "SCP download matching success.\n";

// Disconnect
$ssh->Disconnect();