Connect to FTP site using SFTP and download files

Question

I need to download all the files from a FTP site. But i need to connect SFTP to connect. I am unable to find examples/tutorials to download files from the FTP site using SFTP to connect.

Can someone please point me to a tutorial or provide some sample code to begin with ?

Answer 1

Tamir's SharpSSH library handles SFTP pretty well. And there are plenty of examples, but the gist is:

Sftp sftp = new Sftp(sftpHost, sftpUser);
Console.WriteLine("success");

// assuming public/private key authentication here...
sftp.AddIdentityFile(privateKeyFileName, privateKeyFilePassPhrase);
sftp.Connect(sftpPort);
ArrayList files = sftp.GetFileList(".");                
foreach (string file in files)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", file);
}

sftp.Close();