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$sourceuri = "ftp://speedtest.tele2.net/1MB.zip"
$targetpath = "C:\temp\1mb.zip"
$username = "anonymous"
$password = "anonymous"
# Create a FTPWebRequest object to handle the connection to the ftp server
$ftprequest = [System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::create($sourceuri)
# set the request's network credentials for an authenticated connection
$ftprequest.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($username,$password)
$ftprequest.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DownloadFile
$ftprequest.UseBinary = $true
$ftprequest.KeepAlive = $false
# send the ftp request to the server
$ftpresponse = $ftprequest.GetResponse()
# get a download stream from the server response
$responsestream = $ftpresponse.GetResponseStream()
# create the target file on the local system and the download buffer
$targetfile = New-Object IO.FileStream ($targetpath,[IO.FileMode]::Create)
[byte[]]$readbuffer = New-Object byte[] 1024
# loop through the download stream and send the data to the target file
do{
$readlength = $responsestream.Read($readbuffer,0,1024)
$targetfile.Write($readbuffer,0,$readlength)
}
while ($readlength -ne 0)
$targetfile.close()
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