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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.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var sftp = new chilkat.SFtp();

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

    //  Connect to the SSH server.  
    //  The standard SSH port = 22
    //  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
    var hostname = "sftp.example.com";
    var port = 22;
    success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  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 !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  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. 
    var handle = sftp.OpenFile("myTest.txt","writeOnly","createTruncate");
    if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Write some text to the file:
    success = sftp.WriteFileText(handle,"ansi","abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = sftp.WriteFileText(handle,"ansi","1234567890");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = sftp.WriteFileText(handle,"ansi","ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Close the file.
    success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Success.");

}

chilkatExample();