(Delphi ActiveX) SFTP Get Size of File on Server

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Demonstrates how to get the size of an existing file on the server.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
sftp: TChilkatSFtp;
hostname: WideString;
port: Integer;
success: Integer;
bFollowLinks: Integer;
bIsHandle: Integer;
fileSize: Integer;
fileSizeStr: WideString;
handle: WideString;

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

sftp := TChilkatSFtp.Create(Self);

// 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.
hostname := 'sftp.example.com';
port := 22;
success := sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// 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 <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success := sftp.InitializeSftp();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Assuming we know the file size won't be too large, we get the size as a 32-bit integer.
// For SFTP, the remote file path is always either a path relative to the HOME directory of the user account, or an absolute path on the server.
bFollowLinks := 1;
bIsHandle := 0;
fileSize := sftp.GetFileSize32('someDir/someFile.dat',bFollowLinks,bIsHandle);
if (fileSize < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('file size = ' + IntToStr(fileSize));

// If the file size might be too large for a 32-bit signed integer, then get the size as a decimal string.
// You can convert the string to a 64-bit integer in your programming language.
fileSizeStr := sftp.GetFileSizeStr('someDir/someFile.dat',bFollowLinks,bIsHandle);
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('file size = ' + fileSizeStr);

// You can alternatively get the size with an open file handle.
handle := sftp.OpenFile('someDir/someFile.dat','readOnly','openExisting');
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Get the size using the handle.
bIsHandle := 1;
fileSize := sftp.GetFileSize32('someDir/someFile.dat',bFollowLinks,bIsHandle);
if (fileSize < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('file size = ' + IntToStr(fileSize));

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Don't forget to close the file handle.
// Otherwise open handles will accumulate on the server until eventually a limit
// is reached and the server will fail on a call to OpenFile.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Close the file.
success := sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
end;