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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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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oSftp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.SFtp")

; Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$oSftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
$oSftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 15000

; Connect to the SSH server.  
; The standard SSH port = 22
; The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
Local $sHostname = "sftp.example.com"
Local $iPort = 22
$bSuccess = $oSftp.Connect($sHostname,$iPort)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
; both password-based authenication as well as public-key
; authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
$bSuccess = $oSftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
$bSuccess = $oSftp.InitializeSftp()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; 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. 
Local $sHandle = $oSftp.OpenFile("myTest.txt","writeOnly","createTruncate")
If ($oSftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Write some text to the file:
$bSuccess = $oSftp.WriteFileText($sHandle,"ansi","abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oSftp.WriteFileText($sHandle,"ansi","1234567890")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oSftp.WriteFileText($sHandle,"ansi","ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Close the file.
$bSuccess = $oSftp.CloseHandle($sHandle)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)