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SFTP Write Text File

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Demonstrates how to create a new text file on the remote SSH server, append text by calling WriteFileText one or more times, and then close the file.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SFtp;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        SFtp sftp = new SFtp();

        // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
        sftp.setConnectTimeoutMs(5000);
        sftp.setIdleTimeoutMs(15000);

        // Connect to the SSH server.
        // The standard SSH port = 22
        // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
        String hostname = "sftp.example.com";
        int port = 22;
        String handle;
        try {
            sftp.connect(hostname, port);

            // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
            // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
            // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
            sftp.authenticatePw("myLogin", "myPassword");

            // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
            sftp.initializeSftp();

            // Open a file on the server for writing.
            // "createTruncate" means that a new file is created; if the file already exists, it is opened and truncated.
            handle = sftp.openFile("myTest.txt", "writeOnly", "createTruncate");

            // Write some text to the file:
            sftp.writeFileText(handle, "ansi", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");

            sftp.writeFileText(handle, "ansi", "1234567890");

            sftp.writeFileText(handle, "ansi", "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");

            // Close the file.
            sftp.closeHandle(handle);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}