Perl

Disconnect from an SFTP Server

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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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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.

$sftp = chilkat::CkSFtp->new();

#  Step 1: Connect the SSH transport.  Port 22 is the usual port.
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect("sftp.example.com",$port);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  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 == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Step 3: Open the SFTP subsystem.  This must be done after authentication and before any
#  file or directory operations.
$success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  ... perform SFTP operations ...

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