Question : Ruby ftp download

Hello all,

I am looking into creating a small ruby script that will ftp into my remote server and download all the files ending with .tar.gz, after they have been downloaded I then delete them from the remote server.

I have the basic ftp stuff sorted out, e.g login but when I tell ruby to fetch *.tar.gz it fails.

I have attached my code as some help, if anyone can help me get around the problem of how to download all the .tar.gz files that will be brilliant!

Thanks Andrew

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             require 'net/ftp'
require 'rubygems'
require 'logger'
 
#Configuration
log = Logger.new('backups.log')
ftp_server = 'ftp_server'
ftp_user = 'username'
ftp_passwd = 'password'
ftp_acct = 'account'
#end config
 
#setup the ftp
ftp = Net::FTP.new(ftp_server)
#login to the server
log.info "Making attempt to login to ftp server, #{ftp_server}"
  ftp.login(user = ftp_user, passwd = ftp_passwd, acct = ftp_acct)
#try and fetch the current backup
#if we missed a night, just fetch all backups found!
  log.info "Making attempt to fetch current backup"
  ftp.get('*.tar.gz')
#we don't want to loose disk space by keeping on the remote server, so lets delete them!
  log.info "Making attempt to delete backup from server"
  ftp.delete('*.tar.gz')
#end the ftp session
  log.info "Logout of ftp server"
  ftp.close
           
         

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Answer : Ruby ftp download

whoops sorry tru this one

                       
         
           
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             require 'chilkat'
 
ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()
 
# Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end
 
ftp.put_Hostname("www.example-code.com")
ftp.put_Username("example-code.com")
ftp.put_Password("*myPassword1*")
 
# Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end
 
# 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.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("vcpp")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end
 
# Download all files with filenames matching "ftp_*.asp"
# The files are downloaded into c:/temp
numFilesDownloaded = ftp.MGetFiles("ftp_*.asp","c:/temp")
if (numFilesDownloaded < 0)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end
 
ftp.Disconnect()
 
print numFilesDownloaded.to_s() + " Files Downloaded!" + "\n";

           
         

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