How do i Download FTP root folder with its subfolder and files in C# using FTPwebRequest

Question

I want to download A ftp directory which has its sub directories and files, I am using C# Ftpwebrequst.

Answer 1

There is no way to directly download an entire folder in a single command. FTP does not support this. You would need to enumerate through all files in the directory and their subdirectories and download files one-by-one.

Here is a thread from MSDN forums and here is the documentation on FtpWebRequest-class from MSDN.

Answer 2

I think you need something like this and you will have to recurse into each folder inidividually:

    WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(FTPServerDirectory);
            request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
            request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(Username, Password);
            request.GetResponse();