(Xojo Plugin) SSH Execute Remote Commands

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Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output.

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

Dim ssh As New Chilkat.Ssh

Dim port As Int32
port = 22
Dim success As Boolean
success = ssh.Connect("the-ssh-server.com",port)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate using login/password:
success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Send some commands and get the output.
Dim strOutput As String
strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("df","ansi")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("---- df ----")
System.DebugLog(strOutput)

strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("echo hello world","ansi")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("---- echo hello world ----")
System.DebugLog(strOutput)

strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("date","ansi")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("---- date ----")
System.DebugLog(strOutput)

// --------------
// Sample output:

// 	---- df ----
// 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
// 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
// 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
// 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
// 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
// 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
// 
// 	---- echo hello world ----
// 	hello world
// 
// 	---- date ----
// 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016