(C) SSH Execute Remote Commands

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

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#include <C_CkSsh.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkSsh ssh;
    int port;
    BOOL success;
    const char *strOutput;

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

    ssh = CkSsh_Create();

    port = 22;
    success = CkSsh_Connect(ssh,"the-ssh-server.com",port);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh));
        CkSsh_Dispose(ssh);
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    success = CkSsh_AuthenticatePw(ssh,"theSshLogin","theSshPassword");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh));
        CkSsh_Dispose(ssh);
        return;
    }

    // Send some commands and get the output.
    strOutput = CkSsh_quickCommand(ssh,"df","ansi");
    if (CkSsh_getLastMethodSuccess(ssh) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh));
        CkSsh_Dispose(ssh);
        return;
    }

    printf("---- df ----\n");
    printf("%s\n",strOutput);

    strOutput = CkSsh_quickCommand(ssh,"echo hello world","ansi");
    if (CkSsh_getLastMethodSuccess(ssh) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh));
        CkSsh_Dispose(ssh);
        return;
    }

    printf("---- echo hello world ----\n");
    printf("%s\n",strOutput);

    strOutput = CkSsh_quickCommand(ssh,"date","ansi");
    if (CkSsh_getLastMethodSuccess(ssh) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSsh_lastErrorText(ssh));
        CkSsh_Dispose(ssh);
        return;
    }

    printf("---- date ----\n");
    printf("%s\n",strOutput);

    // --------------
    // 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


    CkSsh_Dispose(ssh);

    }