Download(IEnumerable, String, TransferOptions, Int32, Boolean) Method

public FileSystemTransferStatistics Download(
   IEnumerable remoteFilesToTransfer, 
   string localPath, 
   TransferOptions options, 
   int threads, 
   bool waitForThreads
)

Public Function Download( _
   ByVal remoteFilesToTransfer As IEnumerable,  _
   ByVal localPath As String,  _
   ByVal options As TransferOptions,  _
   ByVal threads As Integer,  _
   ByVal waitForThreads As Boolean _
) As FileSystemTransferStatistics

public:
  FileSystemTransferStatistics Download(
   IEnumerable^ remoteFilesToTransfer, 
   String^ localPath, 
   TransferOptions^ options, 
   int threads, 
   bool waitForThreads
);

Parameters

remoteFilesToTransfer

The list of files and directories to download, This list can contain String and FileInfoBase objects. (e.g. Download(new string[] {"/dir/file1", "file2", "dir1" }...) or Download(new object[] {"/dir/file1", fileInfo2, dirInfo1 }...))

localPath

The path of the local directory to receive files from the server.

options

The transfer options object which provides many settings to control the file transfer process.

threads

The number of threads used for the simultaneous file transfer.

waitForThreads

A boolean value indicating whether to wait for the completion of all threads. If this parameter is true, this method blocks the caller process's execution until all threads have completed; otherwise, this method immediately returns the control to the caller process.

Return Value

Use 50 threads to download files simultaneously from the local disk.

using ComponentPro;
using ComponentPro.IO;
using ComponentPro.Net;

...

using (Ftp ftp = new Ftp())
{
    // Connect to the FTP server. 
    ftp.Connect("localhost");

    // Authenticate. 
    ftp.Authenticate("test", "test");

    string[] filesAndFoldersToDownload = new string[]
                                           {
                                               @"/data",
                                               @"/myfolder/content",
                                               @"/myfiles/file1",
                                               @"/myfiles/file2" 
                                           };

    ftp.Download(
        filesAndFoldersToDownload, // List of files and folders to download. 
        "c:\\temp", // The local directory to receive files. 
        new TransferOptions(),
        50, // Use 50 threads 
        true // Wait until all the threads complete. 
        );
}

Imports ComponentPro
Imports ComponentPro.IO
Imports ComponentPro.Net

...

Using ftp As New Ftp()
    ' Connect to the FTP server. 
    ftp.Connect("localhost")

    ' Authenticate. 
    ftp.Authenticate("test", "test")

    Dim filesAndFoldersToDownload() As String = { "/data", "/myfolder/content", "/myfiles/file1", "/myfiles/file2" }

    ftp.Download(filesAndFoldersToDownload, "c:\temp", New TransferOptions(), 50, True) ' Wait until all the threads complete. -  Use 50 threads -  The local directory to receive files. -  List of files and folders to download. 
End Using

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