(Mono C#) SFTP Upload and Download to a StringBuilder Object

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Demonstrates how to SFTP upload from a Chilkat StringBuilder object, and download into a StringBuilder object.

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

Chilkat.SFtp sftp = new Chilkat.SFtp();

bool success;

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000;
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000;

// Connect to the SSH server and then authenticate.
int port = 22;
success = sftp.Connect("MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP",port);
if (success == true) {
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("MY-SSH-LOGIN","MY-SSH-PASSWORD");
    if (success == true) {
        success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    }

}

if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbA = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbA.LoadFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","utf-8");

// Upload the contents of sbA to the SSH/SFTP server.
bool bIncludeBOM = false;
string remotePath = "sftpTesting/hamlet.xml";
success = sftp.UploadSb(sbA,remotePath,"utf-8",bIncludeBOM);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Download the file..
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbB = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = sftp.DownloadSb(remotePath,"utf-8",sbB);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Verify that sbA and sbB have the exact same contents.
Debug.WriteLine("size of sbA: " + Convert.ToString(sbA.Length));
bool bCaseSensitive = true;
if (sbA.ContentsEqualSb(sbB,bCaseSensitive) == true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Contents are equal. Success.");
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("Contents are NOT equal.  Failed.");
}

sftp.Disconnect();