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SFTP Delete File

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Demonstrates how to delete a file on the remote SFTP server.

IMPORTANT: See Understanding SFTP Absolute FilePaths

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const sftp = try chilkat.SFtp.init();
    defer sftp.deinit();

    // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
    sftp.setConnectTimeoutMs(5000);
    sftp.setIdleTimeoutMs(10000);

    // Connect to the SSH server.
    // The standard SSH port = 22
    // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
    const hostname = "sftp.example.com";
    const port = 22;
    sftp.connect(hostname, port) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    sftp.authenticatePw("myLogin", "myPassword") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    sftp.initializeSftp() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Delete a file on the server:

    sftp.removeFile("hamlet.xml") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("File Deleted!\n", .{});
}