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Passive FTP Download

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Simple example to download a file from an FTP server using passive mode. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const ftp = try chilkat.Ftp2.init();
    defer ftp.deinit();

    ftp.setHostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.setUsername("login");
    ftp.setPassword("password");

    // Use passive mode:
    ftp.setPassive(true);

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    ftp.connect() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Change to the remote directory where the file is located.
    // This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
    // for the FTP account.
    ftp.changeRemoteDir("junk") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Download a file.
    const local_filename = "hamlet.xml";
    const remote_filename = "hamlet.xml";

    ftp.getFile(remote_filename, local_filename) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    try ftp.disconnect();

    std.debug.print("File Downloaded!\n", .{});
}