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Download an FTP Directory Tree

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.DownloadTree method, which downloads all selected files and subdirectories beneath the current remote directory and recreates the tree under a local directory. The only argument is the local root. Existing local files are overwritten.

Note: The local paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is a full recursive pull — it walks the remote tree and mirrors its structure locally in one call, the backbone of tasks like backing up a server directory or grabbing an entire published site. Unlike the Sync methods it transfers everything selected regardless of what already exists locally; use SetOldestDateStr or the file/directory filter properties to narrow what is included.

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SQL Server
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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    --  Demonstrates the Ftp2.DownloadTree method, which downloads all selected files and subdirectories
    --  beneath the current remote directory and recreates the tree locally.  The only argument is the
    --  local root directory.

    DECLARE @ftp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Ftp2', @ftp OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Hostname', 'ftp.example.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Username', 'myFtpLogin'

    --  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    --  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Password', 'myPassword'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'Connect', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'ChangeRemoteDir', @success OUT, 'public_html'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp
        RETURN
      END

    --  Recreate the remote tree under the local directory.  Existing local files are overwritten.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'DownloadTree', @success OUT, 'qa_output/site'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT 'Directory tree downloaded.'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'Disconnect', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ftp


END
GO