Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
Delete a Remote File on an SFTP Server
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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.RemoveFile method, which deletes a remote file. The only argument is the file path.
Background: Deletion is immediate and permanent — SFTP has no trash or undo — so a job that removes files should be certain of the path first. Whether deletion is even allowed depends on the account's permissions on the file and its containing directory, since on Unix-like systems the right to remove a file comes from write permission on the directory, not the file itself.
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Dim success As Long
success = 0
' Demonstrates the SFtp.RemoveFile method, which deletes a remote file. The only argument is
' the file path.
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
' Delete a remote file.
success = sftp.RemoveFile("subdir/obsolete.txt")
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print "File removed."
sftp.Disconnect