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SFTP Download Files Matching a Pattern

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Demonstrates how to download files in a directory matching one or more patterns (such as "*.zip" or "abc*_*0719.csv".

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$sftp = new CkSFtp();

$success = $sftp->Connect('my-ssh-server.com',22);
if ($success == true) {
    $success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw('mySshLogin','mySshPassword');
}

if ($success == true) {
    $success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
}

if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The SyncTreeDownload method can be used non-recursively to download all files matching a set of patterns.

// This example will download all files, but only those files having filenames
// that match *.csv and *.eml
$sftp->put_SyncMustMatch('*.eml; *.gif');

$remoteDir = 'syncDownloadTest/someDir';
$localDir = 'qa_output';

// mode=0: Download all matching files according to SyncMustMatch
$mode = 0;

// do not recursively traverse the remote directory tree.
$recursive = false;

$success = $sftp->SyncTreeDownload($remoteDir,$localDir,$mode,$recursive);
if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>