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Disconnect from an SFTP Server

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.Disconnect method, which closes the current SSH/SFTP connection. It takes no arguments. All remote file and directory handles from the session become invalid and must not be reused.

Background: Disconnecting releases the SSH transport and every SFTP handle opened on it. The object itself stays reusable, but a later session must repeat the full setup — Connect, authenticate, then InitializeSftp — because the SFTP subsystem does not survive a disconnect.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SFtp.Disconnect method, which closes the current SSH/SFTP connection.  It
    //  takes no arguments.  All remote file and directory handles from the session become invalid.

    CkSFtp sftp = new CkSFtp();

    //  Step 1: Connect the SSH transport.  Port 22 is the usual port.
    int port = 22;
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(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) {
        System.out.println(sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Step 3: Open the SFTP subsystem.  This must be done after authentication and before any
    //  file or directory operations.
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  ... perform SFTP operations ...

    //  Close the connection.  The object remains reusable: a later session must Connect,
    //  authenticate, and InitializeSftp again.
    sftp.Disconnect();
  }
}