How to recursively download files/folders from host machine to client

[pujas]

Hi all,

I'am trying to download files using VB from a host http machine. Currently i'am using inet.openurl("

http://www.xxx.com/xxx.txt")

to get one file at a time.
I wanted to know a way of getting all the files in the dir and also getting all subdirectores.

I have a folder called xyz which is on a host machine.
xyz contains 1 or 2 files and 2 or 3 subdirectories. Nothing is static. It could contain as many files and folder in the dir. The subfolders also have files and other folder and so on.

what i need to do is get all the files and sub folders/subfolders/files in xyz into my local machine in a similar way as its stroed in the host machine.

the code right now i'am using for getting 1 file from host and copying on my machine c:\

Set Inet = CreateObject("InetCtls.Inet.1")
Inet.Protocol = icHTTP
Dim bytRet() As Byte
Dim strDate As String
Dim intCnt As Integer
bytRet = Inet.OpenUrl("

http://xxx.xx.xxx/xyz.txt")

' icByteArray)
Do While Inet.StillExecuting ' Waiting
DoEvents
Loop
Open "c:\xyz.txt" For Binary Access Write As #fn
Put #fn, , bytret()
DoEvents
Close the open file
Close #fn

I need a solution to recursively copy all the files and folders from the host to my client machine

Any pointers in the right direction would be really really helpful..

Thanks in advance

 

[Sheco]

It will probably depend on the web server.

Many have directory browsing turned off, and others have default pages for a directory... so you're probably out of luck for most we servers.

If the server had directory browsing enabled and default pages disabled then it is a matter of parsing the "page" returned by that particular server.

If you are trying to do a site capture you may be better off just following all of the links.