Visual FoxPro

SSH Execute Remote Commands

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

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loSsh
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lcStrOutput

lnSuccess = 0

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

loSsh = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ssh')

lnPort = 22
lnSuccess = loSsh.Connect("the-ssh-server.com",lnPort)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSsh.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSsh
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Authenticate using login/password:
lnSuccess = loSsh.AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSsh.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSsh
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Send some commands and get the output.
lcStrOutput = loSsh.QuickCommand("df","ansi")
IF (loSsh.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSsh.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSsh
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "---- df ----"
? lcStrOutput

lcStrOutput = loSsh.QuickCommand("echo hello world","ansi")
IF (loSsh.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSsh.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSsh
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "---- echo hello world ----"
? lcStrOutput

lcStrOutput = loSsh.QuickCommand("date","ansi")
IF (loSsh.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSsh.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSsh
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "---- date ----"
? lcStrOutput

* --------------
* 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

RELEASE loSsh