C

SFTP Simplified Download

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Demonstrates how to SFTP download a file by passing a remote filepath to DownloadFileByName. C

#include <C_CkSFtp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtp sftp;
    const char *hostname;
    int port;
    const char *remoteFilePath;
    const char *localFilePath;

    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,15000);
    CkSFtp_putIdleTimeoutMs(sftp,15000);

    // 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) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // 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) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = CkSFtp_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Download the file:

    localFilePath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml";
    // Note: The remote filepath may be an absolute filepath,
    // a relative filepath, or simply a filename.  
    // Relative filepaths are always relative to the home directory
    // of the SFTP/SSH user account.  There is no such thing
    // as "current remote directory" in the SFTP protocol. 
    // A filename with no path implies that the file is located
    // in the SFTP user account's home directory.
    remoteFilePath = "subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml";
    success = CkSFtp_DownloadFileByName(sftp,remoteFilePath,localFilePath);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);

    }