(Xojo Plugin) SFTP Read Text File

Demonstrates how to open a text file on the SSH server and read text.

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim sftp As New Chilkat.SFtp

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 15000

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
Dim hostname As String
hostname = "sftp.example.com"
Dim port As Int32
port = 22
Dim success As Boolean
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
// both password-based authenication as well as public-key
// authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Open a file for reading.
Dim handle As String
handle = sftp.OpenFile("myTest.txt","readOnly","openExisting")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Assume the file we are reading contains the following text:
// abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
// (in ANSI format -- i.e. one byte per char).

// Read 26 bytes:
Dim sText As String
sText = sftp.ReadFileText(handle,26,"ansi")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Should print "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
System.DebugLog(sText)

// Read the next 10 bytes.
sText = sftp.ReadFileText(handle,10,"ansi")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Should print "1234567890"
System.DebugLog(sText)

// Read the next 26 bytes.
sText = sftp.ReadFileText(handle,26,"ansi")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Should print "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
System.DebugLog(sText)

// Close the file.
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success.")