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SFTP Download to Local Filesystem

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Demonstrates how to download a file from an SSH server to the local filesystem. There are no limitations on file size, and the file is streamed directly to the local filesystem. Go

    success := false

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

    sftp := chilkat.NewSFtp()

    // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
    sftp.SetConnectTimeoutMs(5000)
    sftp.SetIdleTimeoutMs(10000)

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    // The standard SSH port = 22
    // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
    hostname := "sftp.example.com"
    port := 22
    success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // Open a file on the server:
    handle := sftp.OpenFile("hamlet.xml","readOnly","openExisting")
    if sftp.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // Download the file:
    success = sftp.DownloadFile(*handle,"c:/temp/hamlet.xml")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // Close the file.
    success = sftp.CloseHandle(*handle)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Success.")

    sftp.DisposeSFtp()