Download entire FTP directory in Java (Apache Net Commons)

Question

I am trying to recursively iterate through the entire root directory that I arrive at after login to the FTP server.

I am able to connect, all I really want to do fr

Answer 1

A complete standalone code to download all files recursively from an FTP folder:

private static void downloadFolder(
    FTPClient ftpClient, String remotePath, String localPath) throws IOException
{
    System.out.println("Downloading folder " + remotePath + " to " + localPath);

    FTPFile[] remoteFiles = ftpClient.listFiles(remotePath);

    for (FTPFile remoteFile : remoteFiles)
    {
        if (!remoteFile.getName().equals(".") && !remoteFile.getName().equals(".."))
        {
            String remoteFilePath = remotePath + "/" + remoteFile.getName();
            String localFilePath = localPath + "/" + remoteFile.getName();

            if (remoteFile.isDirectory())
            {
                new File(localFilePath).mkdirs();

                downloadFolder(ftpClient, remoteFilePath, localFilePath);
            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println("Downloading file " + remoteFilePath + " to " +
                    localFilePath);

                OutputStream outputStream =
                    new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(localFilePath));
                if (!ftpClient.retrieveFile(remoteFilePath, outputStream))
                {
                    System.out.println("Failed to download file " + remoteFilePath);
                }
                outputStream.close();
            }
        }
    }
}