FTP Download only new files

[efyzz]

Hello,

Is there any possibility to download only new files with the FTP Download action? Normally existing files in the local directory are overwritten, but I want to download only new files, that not exist on target yet.

Thanks in advance!

[Martin]

Hi,

Unfortunately that's quite complicated. You'd have to use an action FTP Init Variable File List and remove all files from the list that are already available locally and then download the rest.

Regards,
Martin

[Desmanto]

Since there is not direct way, you can use script to do it.

Use action Init Variable File List and save to variable {local}
Use action FTP Init Variable File List and save to variable {ftp}

Use script and remove all existing file list from ftp

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download = removeAllElementValues(ftp, local);

{download} now contains only the files exist in {ftp} but not in {local}.

Then use FTP Download Files with the {download,listformat,comma} as the path.