Xojo Plugin

SFTP Resume Download

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Demonstrates how to resume an SFTP download from a previous partial download. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// 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 = 10000

// 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
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

// Download the file:
Dim remoteFilePath As String
Dim localFilePath As String
localFilePath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
remoteFilePath = "subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml"
// The ResumeDownloadFileByName method will check
// the local file and begin downloading the remote file
// at the appropriate point.  For example, if the local
// file is already 215624 bytes long, it will begin downloading
// the remote file at the 215625'th byte -- appending to
// the local file.
success = sftp.ResumeDownloadFileByName(remoteFilePath,localFilePath)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success.")