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SFTP Upload from Local Filesystem

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Demonstrates how to upload a file to an SSH server. There are no limitations on file size, and the file is streamed directly from the local filesystem.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, SFtp;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
sftp: HCkSFtp;
hostname: PWideChar;
port: Integer;
handle: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

sftp := CkSFtp_Create();

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
CkSFtp_putConnectTimeoutMs(sftp,5000);
CkSFtp_putIdleTimeoutMs(sftp,10000);

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
hostname := 'sftp.example.com';
port := 22;
success := CkSFtp_Connect(sftp,hostname,port);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSFtp__lastErrorText(sftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
// both password-based authenication as well as public-key
// authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success := CkSFtp_AuthenticatePw(sftp,'myLogin','myPassword');
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSFtp__lastErrorText(sftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success := CkSFtp_InitializeSftp(sftp);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSFtp__lastErrorText(sftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// Open a file for writing on the SSH server.
// If the file already exists, it is overwritten.
// (Specify "createNew" instead of "createTruncate" to
// prevent overwriting existing files.)
handle := CkSFtp__openFile(sftp,'hamlet.xml','writeOnly','createTruncate');
if (CkSFtp_getLastMethodSuccess(sftp) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSFtp__lastErrorText(sftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// Upload from the local file to the SSH server.
success := CkSFtp_UploadFile(sftp,handle,'c:/temp/hamlet.xml');
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSFtp__lastErrorText(sftp));
    Exit;
  end;

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This is important.  You must close the handle on the server.
// Otherwise open handles will accumulate on the server until eventually a limit
// is reached and the server will fail on a call to OpenFile.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Close the file.
success := CkSFtp_CloseHandle(sftp,handle);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSFtp__lastErrorText(sftp));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);

end;