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Write Bytes to a Remote SFTP File (BinData)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.WriteFileBd method, which appends all bytes in a BinData to the remote file identified by an open handle. The first argument is the handle and the second is the BinData.

Note: This example uses a relative local path, which is resolved against the application's current working directory. Absolute local paths may also be used. Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the binary counterpart to WriteFileText — the right choice for images, archives, or any non-text content, where a charset conversion would corrupt the data. Combined with an appropriate OpenFile disposition it can create, overwrite, or append; here the file is created/truncated first so the result is exactly the BinData contents.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SFtp.WriteFileBd method, which appends all bytes in a BinData to the remote
    //  file identified by an open handle.  The 1st argument is the handle and the 2nd is the BinData.

    CkSFtp sftp = new CkSFtp();

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    int port = 22;
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    String password = "mySshPassword";

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Open (creating/truncating) the remote file for writing.
    String handle = sftp.openFile("subdir/image.png","writeOnly","createTruncate");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Put the bytes to write into a BinData.  (Here they are loaded from a local file, but the
    //  bytes could come from anywhere.)
    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();
    success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/image.png");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, bd.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Append the BinData bytes to the open remote file.
    success = sftp.WriteFileBd(handle,bd);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Wrote " + String.valueOf(bd.get_NumBytes()) + " bytes.");

    sftp.Disconnect();

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}