Classic ASP

Get the Number of Bytes Buffered on an SSH Channel

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.GetReceivedNumBytes method, which returns how many bytes are currently available in a channel's normal receive buffer. The only argument is the channel number. It returns -1 when the channel number is invalid or its retained resources have been released.

Background: This is a non-consuming look at how much is waiting, useful for deciding whether to retrieve now or keep reading, and for reporting progress on a large transfer. It counts only the normal receive buffer — bytes in the separate stderr buffer are excluded when StderrToStdout is false. Note that data received earlier can remain available even after a disconnect, so a positive count does not imply the connection is still up.

Chilkat Classic ASP Downloads

Download Chilkat for Classic ASP

Classic ASP

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ssh.GetReceivedNumBytes method, which returns the number of bytes currently
'  available in a channel's normal receive buffer.  The only argument is the channel number.
'  It returns -1 for an invalid channel or one whose resources have been released.

set ssh = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

sshPort = 22
success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  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.
password = "mySshPassword"

success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

channelNum = ssh.OpenSessionChannel()
If (channelNum < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = ssh.SendReqExec(channelNum,"ls -l /tmp")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  IMPORTANT: Set a read timeout.  ReadTimeoutMs defaults to 0, which means no limit -- without
'  it, this call waits forever if the server never sends channel close.
ssh.ReadTimeoutMs = 15000

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

'  Find out how much is waiting before retrieving it.
numBytes = ssh.GetReceivedNumBytes(channelNum)
If (numBytes < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Invalid channel, or its resources were already released.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Bytes available: " & numBytes) & "</pre>"

output = ssh.GetReceivedText(channelNum,"utf-8")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

ssh.Disconnect 

%>
</body>
</html>