(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$sftp = New-Object Chilkat.SFtp

# Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
$sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000

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

}

if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbA = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbA.LoadFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","utf-8")

# Upload the contents of sbA to the SSH/SFTP server.
$bIncludeBOM = $false
$remotePath = "sftpTesting/hamlet.xml"
$success = $sftp.UploadSb($sbA,$remotePath,"utf-8",$bIncludeBOM)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download the file..
$sbB = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sftp.DownloadSb($remotePath,"utf-8",$sbB)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Verify that sbA and sbB have the exact same contents.
$("size of sbA: " + $sbA.Length)
$bCaseSensitive = $true
if ($sbA.ContentsEqualSb($sbB,$bCaseSensitive) -eq $true) {
    $("Contents are equal. Success.")
}
else {
    $("Contents are NOT equal.  Failed.")
}

$sftp.Disconnect()