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Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oFtp
LOCAL nNumFilesDownloaded

nSuccess := 0

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

oFtp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

oFtp:Hostname := "ftp.example.com"
oFtp:Username := "myUsername"
oFtp:Password := "myPassword"
oFtp:Port := 21
oFtp:AuthTls := 1

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
nSuccess := oFtp:Connect()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
//  This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
//  of the FTP account.
nSuccess := oFtp:ChangeRemoteDir("qa")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt";
//  The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
nNumFilesDownloaded := oFtp:MGetFiles("*.txt", "c:/temp/qa_output")
IF (nNumFilesDownloaded < 0)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oFtp:Disconnect()

? Str(nNumFilesDownloaded) + " Files Downloaded!"

oFtp:destroy()