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

let sftp = chilkat::SFtp::new();

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.set_connect_timeout_ms(5000);
sftp.set_idle_timeout_ms(15000);

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
let hostname = "sftp.example.com".to_string();
let port = 22;
if sftp.connect(&hostname, port).is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
// both password-based authenication as well as public-key
// authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
if sftp.authenticate_pw("myLogin", "myPassword").is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
if sftp.initialize_sftp().is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    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. 
let Ok(handle) = sftp.open_file("myTest.txt", "writeOnly", "createTruncate") else {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// Write some text to the file:
if sftp.write_file_text(&handle, "ansi", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz").is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

if sftp.write_file_text(&handle, "ansi", "1234567890").is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

if sftp.write_file_text(&handle, "ansi", "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ").is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Close the file.
if sftp.close_handle(&handle).is_err() {
    println!("{}", sftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Success.");