Automating ftp download with powershell

Question

I need to setup a scheduled task that is going to download files from an ftp location (or just run it manually)
I have the following for a ps1
$File = "c:\store\somefilename.zip"
$ftp = "ftp://username:[email protected]/pub/outbound/somefilename.zip"
"ftp url: $ftp"
$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp)
"Downloading $File..."
$webclient.DownloadFile($uri, $File)
I'm guessing I can set $File to *.* but I don't want to download the same files everytime. I am hoping the users will be moving the files once downloaded but who can quarentee that. What for loop can I add to achieve this?
I found the following but not sure how I would alter my original to add this in.
foreach($listOut in $listIn)
$a = ((Get-Date) - [datetime]::ParseExact($listOut.ModifiedDate, "MMM dd HH:mm", $null)).days
if ($a -le 0)
Get-FTPItem -path $dirBank\$($listOut.Name) -LocalPath d:\backup\test\$($listOut.Name)
Thanks in advance for the help.

Answer 1

Hi,I have written a PowerShell module which handles things like uploading/download of files to websites and ftp servers.
The code is available at: https://github.com/kjacobsen/WebFunctions
Import-Module E:\WebFunctions\Web-Actions.psm1
Get-WebFile ftp://ftp.uni-rostock.de/pub/systems/windows/WinNT/Sys/SysInternals/Filemon.zip
The code above will download the file to the current folder. The CMDlets support a variety of features including Proxy connections and authentication.
Kieran Jacobsen @kjacobsen http://aperturescience.su