Get a Remote File's Size (32-bit)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.GetFileSize32 method, which returns a remote file's size in bytes as a 32-bit integer. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether symbolic links are followed, and whether the first argument is a handle.

Background: A 32-bit signed integer tops out near 2 GB, so this is fine for ordinary files but will misreport or fail for larger ones. When a file might exceed that, use GetFileSizeStr, which returns the size as a decimal string and cannot overflow. The two boolean arguments are shared by all the attribute getters: the first follows symbolic links to their target, and the second says whether you passed a path or an open handle.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the SFtp.GetFileSize32 method, which returns a remote file's size in bytes as a
    //  32-bit integer.  The 1st argument is the remote path (or handle), the 2nd selects whether
    //  symbolic links are followed, and the 3rd indicates whether the 1st argument is a handle.

    sftp := chilkat.NewSFtp()

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    port := 22
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        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.
    password := "mySshPassword"

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    //  The 2nd argument (bFollowLinks) selects whether a symbolic link is followed to its target.
    //  The 3rd argument (bIsHandle) is false here because the 1st argument is a path, not an
    //  open handle.
    bFollowLinks := true
    bIsHandle := false

    fileSize := sftp.GetFileSize32("subdir/report.pdf",bFollowLinks,bIsHandle)
    if fileSize < 0 {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("File size: ", fileSize, " bytes")

    //  Note: For files that may exceed 2 GB, use GetFileSizeStr (returns a decimal string) instead,
    //  because the value can overflow a 32-bit integer.

    sftp.Disconnect()

    sftp.DisposeSFtp()