Get-FtpFile.ps1

1. # 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script used FTP to get and display a text file. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script re-implements an MSDN Sample 
6. .NOTESW 
7.     File Name  : Get-FtpFile.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/09/get-ftpfileps1.html 
13.     MSDN sample posted to: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229711.aspx 
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-FtpFile.ps1' 
17.     This is Hello.Txt from www.reskit.net 
18.     Have a great day! 
19.   
20.     Download Complete, status: 
21.     226-Maximum disk quota limited to 100000 Kbytes 
22.         Used disk quota 78232 Kbytes, available 21767 Kbytes 
23.     226 Transfer complete.     
24. #> 
25.  
26. # Get the object used to communicate with the server. 
27. $Request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create("ftp://www.reskit.net/hello.txt"); 
28. $Method =  [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DownloadFile 
29.  
30. # This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon. 
31. # Username/password not real 
32. $Request.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential "Anonymous","tfl@psp.co.uk"
33. $ResponseStream = $Response.GetResponseStream() 
34.  
35. # Read and display the text in the file 
36. $Reader = new-object System.Io.StreamReader $ResponseStream 
37. [System.Console]::Writeline($Reader.ReadToEnd()) 
38.  
39. # Display Status 
40. "Download Complete, status:" 
41. $response.StatusDescription  
42.  
43. # Close Reader and Response objects 
44. $Reader.Close() 
45. $Response.Close() 

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