C++

Co:Z SFTP Binary File Download (from z/OS IBM Mainframe)

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Demonstrates how to download a binary file, such as a .zip, from a Co:Z SFTP server on a z/OS IBM Mainframe. C++

#include <CkSFtp.h>
#include <CkSFtpDir.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkSFtp sftp;

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    const char *hostname = "sftp.example.com";
    int port = 22;
    success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // To download a binary file from the Co:Z SFTP server, 
    // we must switch to binary mode in the following unconventional way.
    // We pretend to fetch a directory listing for "/+mode=binary"
    // This has the effect of putting the server in binary mode for transfers.
    const char *handle = sftp.openDir("/+mode=binary");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Download the "directory listing" (but it's not actually a directory listing, and we'll just discard it.)

    CkSFtpDir dirListing;
    success = sftp.ReadDirListing(handle,dirListing);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Close the directory handle:
    success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Download the binary file:
    const char *localFilePath = "c:/temp/test.zip";
    const char *remoteFilePath = "test.zip";
    success = sftp.DownloadFileByName(remoteFilePath,localFilePath);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }