def download():
if os.path.exists( dst_dir_path ) == False:
    logger.error( "Cannot access destination folder %s. Please check path and permissions. " % ( dst_dir_path ))
    return 1
elif os.path.isdir( dst_dir_path ) == False:
    logger.error( "%s is not a folder. Please check path. " % ( dst_dir_path ))
    return 1

file_list = None
#transport = paramiko.Transport(( hostname, port))
paramiko.util.log_to_file('paramiko.log')
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
#transport
try:
    ssh.connect( hostname, username=username, password=password, timeout=5.0)
    #transport.connect(username=username, password=password )
except Exception, err:
    logger.error( "Failed to connect to the remote server. Reason: %s" % ( str(err) ) )
    return 1

try:
    #sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(transport)
    sftp = ssh.open_sftp()
except Exception, err:
    logger.error( "Failed to start SFTP session from connection to %s. Check that SFTP service is running and available. Reason: %s" % ( hostname, str(err) ))
    return 1

try:
    sftp.chdir(src_dir_path)
    #file_list = sftp.listdir(path="%s" % ( src_dir_path ) )
    file_list = sftp.listdir()

except Exception, err:
    logger.error( "Failed to list files in folder %s. Please check path and permissions. Reason: %s" % ( src_dir_path, str(err) ))
    return 1
match_text = re.compile( file_mask )
download_count = 0
for file in file_list:
    # Here is an item name... but is it a file or directory?
    #logger.info( "Downloading file %s." % ( file ) )
    if not re.match( file_mask, file ):
        continue
    else:
        logger.info( "File "%s" name matched file mask "%s". matches %s.Processing file..." % ( file, file_mask, (match_text.match( file_mask ) ) ) )
    src_file_path = "./%s" % ( file )
    dst_file_path = "/".join( [ dst_dir_path, file]   )
    retry_count = 0
    while True:
        try:
            logger.info( "Downloading file %s to %s."  % ( file, dst_file_path ) )
            #sftp.get( file, dst_file_path, callback=printTotals ) #sftp.get( remote file, local file )
            sftp.get( file, dst_file_path) #sftp.get( remote file, local file )
            logger.info( "Successfully downloaded file %s to %s."  % ( file, dst_file_path ) )
            download_count += 1
            break
        except Exception, err:
            if retry_count == retry_threshold:
                logger.error( "Failed to download %s to %s. Reason: %s." % ( file, dst_file_path, str(err) ) )
                sftp.close()
                #transport.close()
                return 1
            else:
                logger.error( "Failed to download %s to %s. Reason: %s." % ( file, dst_file_path, str(err) ) )
                retry_count +=1

sftp.close()
transport.close()
logger.info( "%d files downloaded." % ( download_count ) )
return 0