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Append Text to a Remote FTP File (StringBuilder)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and appends the bytes to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the StringBuilder, and the charset.

Background: When you have accumulated several lines or records in a StringBuilder, this appends them to a remote file in one call, encoding as it writes. It pairs naturally with building up text in memory and flushing it to a remote log periodically.

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#include <CkFtp2.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and
    //  appends the bytes to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the
    //  StringBuilder, and the 3rd is the charset.

    CkFtp2 ftp;

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("myFtpLogin");

    //  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.
    ftp.put_Password("myPassword");

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << ftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkStringBuilder sb;
    sb.Append("appended line one\n");
    sb.Append("appended line two\n");

    success = ftp.AppendFileSb("logs/app.log",sb,"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << ftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Appended text." << "\r\n";

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << ftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }
    }