(C#) SFTP Read Directory Listing

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Demonstrates how to download a directory listing and iterate over the files.

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

// Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
// sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

Chilkat.SFtp sftp = new Chilkat.SFtp();

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000;
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000;

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
string hostname = "www.my-sftp-server.com";
int port = 22;
bool success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    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 = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Open a directory on the server...
// Paths starting with a slash are "absolute", and are relative 
// to the root of the file system. Names starting with any other 
// character are relative to the user's default directory (home directory).
// A path component of ".." refers to the parent directory, 
// and "." refers to the current directory. 
string handle = sftp.OpenDir(".");
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Download the directory listing:
Chilkat.SFtpDir dirListing = sftp.ReadDir(handle);
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Close the handle for the directory listing.
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Iterate over the files.
int i = 0;
int n = dirListing.NumFilesAndDirs;
while (i < n) {
    Chilkat.SFtpFile fileObj = dirListing.GetFileObject(i);

    Debug.WriteLine(fileObj.Filename);
    Debug.WriteLine(fileObj.FileType);
    Debug.WriteLine("Size in bytes: " + Convert.ToString(fileObj.Size32));
    Debug.WriteLine("----");

    i = i + 1;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Success.");