C

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. C

#include <C_CkSFtp.h>
#include <C_CkSFtpDir.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtp sftp;
    const char *hostname;
    int port;
    const char *handle;
    HCkSFtpDir dirListing;
    const char *localFilePath;
    const char *remoteFilePath;

    success = FALSE;

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

    sftp = CkSFtp_Create();

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    hostname = "sftp.example.com";
    port = 22;
    success = CkSFtp_Connect(sftp,hostname,port);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    success = CkSFtp_AuthenticatePw(sftp,"myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    success = CkSFtp_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // 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 = CkSFtp_openDir(sftp,"/+mode=binary");
    if (CkSFtp_getLastMethodSuccess(sftp) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

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

    dirListing = CkSFtpDir_Create();
    success = CkSFtp_ReadDirListing(sftp,handle,dirListing);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        CkSFtpDir_Dispose(dirListing);
        return;
    }

    // Close the directory handle:
    success = CkSFtp_CloseHandle(sftp,handle);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        CkSFtpDir_Dispose(dirListing);
        return;
    }

    // Download the binary file:
    localFilePath = "c:/temp/test.zip";
    remoteFilePath = "test.zip";
    success = CkSFtp_DownloadFileByName(sftp,remoteFilePath,localFilePath);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        CkSFtpDir_Dispose(dirListing);
        return;
    }

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
    CkSFtpDir_Dispose(dirListing);

    }