Xbase++

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". Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSftp
LOCAL cRemoteDir
LOCAL cLocalDir
LOCAL nMode
LOCAL nRecursive

nSuccess := 0

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

oSftp := CreateObject("Chilkat.SFtp")

nSuccess := oSftp:Connect("my-ssh-server.com", 22)
IF (nSuccess == 1)
    nSuccess := oSftp:AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin", "mySshPassword")
ENDIF

IF (nSuccess == 1)
    nSuccess := oSftp:InitializeSftp()
ENDIF

IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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
oSftp:SyncMustMatch := "*.eml; *.gif"

cRemoteDir := "syncDownloadTest/someDir"
cLocalDir := "qa_output"

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

//  do not recursively traverse the remote directory tree.
nRecursive := 0

nSuccess := oSftp:SyncTreeDownload(cRemoteDir, cLocalDir, nMode, nRecursive)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Success."

oSftp:destroy()