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I am looking to download all the files in ftp to my local folder.All the files should be deleted in ftp once downloaded to local drive.
From the below code
I can download only a file from ftp where I am not expecting
I need to place all the files in a folder but not in the name of local file name.
My code:
using (WebClient ftpClient = new WebClient())
{
ftpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("ftpusername", "ftp pass");
ftpClient.DownloadFile("ftp://ftpdetails.com/dec.docx",@"D:\\Mainfolder\test.docx");
}
From the above code, i can download a file and place it in the name of file only..Where I have so many files to download from ftp and place it in a local folder..Any suggestions very much thankful.
Here's an example of using the FTPWebResponse to get a list of file names from a directory:
You can then use this list to download each file. Note that if you have a lot of files to download, you may want to look into asyncronous downloading to speed things up - but I would get this working first before you attempt to implement any async stuff.
I don't think WebClient is a valid FTP client. Use standard classes FtpWebRequest and FtpWebResponse instead.
Otherwise there are a few free C# ftp clients out there that will do the job.