(MFC) SSH Execute Remote Commands

Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.65 or greater.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkSsh.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // This example assumes Chilkat SSH/SFTP to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Unlock SSH for sample code.

    CkSsh ssh;

    int port = 22;
    bool success = ssh.Connect("the-ssh-server.com",port);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(ssh.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(ssh.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Send some commands and get the output.
    const char *strOutput = ssh.quickCommand("df","ansi");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(ssh.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("---- df ----");
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append(strOutput);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    strOutput = ssh.quickCommand("echo hello world","ansi");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(ssh.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("---- echo hello world ----");
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append(strOutput);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    strOutput = ssh.quickCommand("date","ansi");
    if (ssh.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(ssh.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("---- date ----");
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append(strOutput);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // --------------
    // Sample output:

    // 	---- df ----
    // 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
    // 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
    // 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
    // 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
    // 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
    // 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
    // 
    // 	---- echo hello world ----
    // 	hello world
    // 
    // 	---- date ----
    // 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }