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Append Text to a Remote FTP File (StringBuilder)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and appends the bytes to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the StringBuilder, and the charset.

Background: When you have accumulated several lines or records in a StringBuilder, this appends them to a remote file in one call, encoding as it writes. It pairs naturally with building up text in memory and flushing it to a remote log periodically.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and
#  appends the bytes to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the
#  StringBuilder, and the 3rd is the charset.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
$ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

#  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.
$ftp.Password = "myPassword"

$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sb.Append("appended line one`n")
$sb.Append("appended line two`n")

$success = $ftp.AppendFileSb("logs/app.log",$sb,"utf-8")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Appended text.")

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}