Xbase++

Write Text at a String Offset in a Remote SFTP File

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.WriteFileText64s method, which is like WriteFileText64 but takes the byte offset as a decimal string. The arguments are the handle, the offset string, the charset, and the text.

Background: Some programming languages Chilkat targets lack a native 64-bit integer type, or make large integer literals awkward. Passing the offset as a decimal string sidesteps that entirely — the value is parsed by the library — while addressing the same large-file positions as the int64 form.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSftp
LOCAL nPort
LOCAL cPassword
LOCAL cHandle
LOCAL cOffset

nSuccess := 0

//  Demonstrates the SFtp.WriteFileText64s method, which is like WriteFileText64 but takes the
//  byte offset as a decimal string.  The 1st argument is the handle, the 2nd is the offset string,
//  the 3rd is the charset, and the 4th is the text.

oSftp := CreateObject("Chilkat.SFtp")

//  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
nPort := 22
nSuccess := oSftp:Connect("sftp.example.com", nPort)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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.
cPassword := "mySshPassword"

nSuccess := oSftp:AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin", cPassword)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oSftp:InitializeSftp()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

cHandle := oSftp:OpenFile("subdir/hugefile.dat", "readWrite", "openOrCreate")
IF (oSftp:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Supplying the offset as a string is convenient in languages without a native 64-bit integer.
cOffset := "5000000000"
nSuccess := oSftp:WriteFileText64s(cHandle, cOffset, "utf-8", "MARKER")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oSftp:CloseHandle(cHandle)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSftp:LastErrorText
    oSftp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Wrote at the string offset."

oSftp:Disconnect()

oSftp:destroy()