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Send EOF on an SSH Channel

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.ChannelSendEof method, which sends an SSH EOF message on a channel. The only argument is the channel number. EOF closes only the client-to-server direction; the application may still receive stdout, stderr, exit status, EOF, and CLOSE from the server.

Background: Many remote commands read standard input until it ends — wc, sort, cat and friends. Sending EOF is the SSH equivalent of pressing Ctrl+D: it tells the remote process no more input is coming so it can finish and emit results. After sending EOF, do not send more data on that channel; a later send may return true even though nothing is delivered.

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<?php

$success = 0;

//  Demonstrates the Ssh.ChannelSendEof method, which sends an SSH EOF message on a channel.  The
//  only argument is the channel number.  EOF closes only the client-to-server direction; output
//  may still be received from the server.

$ssh = new COM("Chilkat.Ssh");

$sshPort = 22;
$success = $ssh->Connect('ssh.example.com',$sshPort);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\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 = $ssh->AuthenticatePw('mySshLogin',$password);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$channelNum = $ssh->OpenSessionChannel();
if ($channelNum < 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ssh->SendReqExec($channelNum,'wc -l');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Send input to the remote command.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendString($channelNum,'line one\nline two\nline three\n','utf-8');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Signal that no more input will be sent.  Do not send more data on this channel afterward.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendEof($channelNum);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  IMPORTANT: Set a read timeout.  ReadTimeoutMs defaults to 0, which means no limit -- without
//  it, this call waits forever if the server never sends channel close.
$ssh->ReadTimeoutMs = 15000;

//  Output can still be received after EOF is sent.
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveToClose($channelNum);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$output = $ssh->getReceivedText($channelNum,'utf-8');
if ($ssh->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $output . "\n";

$ssh->Disconnect();

?>