downloading all files in directory ftp and c#

For being able to download all files from a FTP directory to a local folder, you will have to list all files in the remote directory and then download them one by one. You can use the following code to do the same:

string[] files = GetFileList();
foreach (string file in files)
{
Download(file);
}
public string[] GetFileList()
{
string[] downloadFiles;
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
WebResponse response = null;
StreamReader reader = null;
try
{
FtpWebRequest reqFTP;
reqFTP = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(new Uri("ftp://" + ftpServerIP + "/"));
reqFTP.UseBinary = true;
reqFTP.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(ftpUserID, ftpPassword);
reqFTP.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
reqFTP.Proxy = null;
reqFTP.KeepAlive = false;
reqFTP.UsePassive = false;
response = reqFTP.GetResponse();
reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string line = reader.ReadLine();
while (line != null)
{
result.Append(line);
result.Append("\n");
line = reader.ReadLine();
}
// to remove the trailing '\n'
result.Remove(result.ToString().LastIndexOf('\n'), 1);
return result.ToString().Split('\n');
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (reader != null)
{
reader.Close();
}
if (response != null)
{
response.Close();
}
downloadFiles = null;
return downloadFiles;
}
}
private void Download(string file)
{
try
{
string uri = "ftp://" + ftpServerIP + "/" + remoteDir + "/" + file;
Uri serverUri = new Uri(uri);
if (serverUri.Scheme != Uri.UriSchemeFtp)
{
return;
}
FtpWebRequest reqFTP;
reqFTP = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(new Uri("ftp://" + ftpServerIP + "/" + remoteDir + "/" + file));
reqFTP.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(ftpUserID, ftpPassword);
reqFTP.KeepAlive = false;
reqFTP.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
reqFTP.UseBinary = true;
reqFTP.Proxy = null;
reqFTP.UsePassive = false;
FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)reqFTP.GetResponse();
Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
FileStream writeStream = new FileStream(localDestnDir + "\" + file, FileMode.Create);
int Length = 2048;
Byte[] buffer = new Byte[Length];
int bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, Length);
while (bytesRead > 0)
{
writeStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, Length);
}
writeStream.Close();
response.Close();
}
catch (WebException wEx)
{
MessageBox.Show(wEx.Message, "Download Error");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Download Error");
}
}

I have written and tested this code using Visual Studio 2005. It worked without giving any errors and I was able to download all files from my remote FTP folder. However, if you still face any issues while using it, please feel free to reply so that I can look into it.