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Co:Z SFTP Binary File Download (from z/OS IBM Mainframe)

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Demonstrates how to download a binary file, such as a .zip, from a Co:Z SFTP server on a z/OS IBM Mainframe.

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<%
success = 0

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

set sftp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.SFtp")

' Connect to the SSH server.  
hostname = "sftp.example.com"
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' To download a binary file from the Co:Z SFTP server, 
' we must switch to binary mode in the following unconventional way.
' We pretend to fetch a directory listing for "/+mode=binary"
' This has the effect of putting the server in binary mode for transfers.
handle = sftp.OpenDir("/+mode=binary")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Download the "directory listing" (but it's not actually a directory listing, and we'll just discard it.)

set dirListing = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.SFtpDir")
success = sftp.ReadDirListing(handle,dirListing)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Close the directory handle:
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Download the binary file:
localFilePath = "c:/temp/test.zip"
remoteFilePath = "test.zip"
success = sftp.DownloadFileByName(remoteFilePath,localFilePath)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sftp.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

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