Visual Basic 6.0

Get a Remote File's Size (32-bit)

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.GetFileSize32 method, which returns a remote file's size in bytes as a 32-bit integer. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether symbolic links are followed, and whether the first argument is a handle.

Background: A 32-bit signed integer tops out near 2 GB, so this is fine for ordinary files but will misreport or fail for larger ones. When a file might exceed that, use GetFileSizeStr, which returns the size as a decimal string and cannot overflow. The two boolean arguments are shared by all the attribute getters: the first follows symbolic links to their target, and the second says whether you passed a path or an open handle.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the SFtp.GetFileSize32 method, which returns a remote file's size in bytes as a
'  32-bit integer.  The 1st argument is the remote path (or handle), the 2nd selects whether
'  symbolic links are followed, and the 3rd indicates whether the 1st argument is a handle.

Dim sftp As New ChilkatSFtp

'  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
Dim port As Long
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  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.
Dim password As String
password = "mySshPassword"

success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The 2nd argument (bFollowLinks) selects whether a symbolic link is followed to its target.
'  The 3rd argument (bIsHandle) is 0 here because the 1st argument is a path, not an
'  open handle.
Dim bFollowLinks As Long
bFollowLinks = 1
Dim bIsHandle As Long
bIsHandle = 0

Dim fileSize As Long
fileSize = sftp.GetFileSize32("subdir/report.pdf",bFollowLinks,bIsHandle)
If (fileSize < 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "File size: " & fileSize & " bytes"

'  Note: For files that may exceed 2 GB, use GetFileSizeStr (returns a decimal string) instead,
'  because the value can overflow a 32-bit integer.

sftp.Disconnect