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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. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

loSftp = createobject("CkSFtp")

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
loSftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
loSftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 15000

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
lcHostname = "sftp.example.com"
lnPort = 22
llSuccess = loSftp.Connect(lcHostname,lnPort)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

// Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
// both password-based authenication as well as public-key
// authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
llSuccess = loSftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
llSuccess = loSftp.InitializeSftp()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
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. 
lcHandle = loSftp.OpenFile("myTest.txt","writeOnly","createTruncate")
if (loSftp.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

// Write some text to the file:
llSuccess = loSftp.WriteFileText(lcHandle,"ansi","abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

llSuccess = loSftp.WriteFileText(lcHandle,"ansi","1234567890")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

llSuccess = loSftp.WriteFileText(lcHandle,"ansi","ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

// Close the file.
llSuccess = loSftp.CloseHandle(lcHandle)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    release loSftp
    return
endif

? "Success."


release loSftp