SFTP Object
 
Syntax
 
SFTP.DownloadBd(remoteFilePath As String, binData As ChilkatBinData) As Long
 
Description
Downloads the contents of a remote file to a BinData object. (Appends to the BinData.)
 
Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.
 
See Also

Example
Sub Main
 
Dim success As Long
 
' Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000
 
' Connect to the SSH server and then authenticate.
Dim port As Long
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP",port)
If (success = 1) Then
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("MY-SSH-LOGIN","MY-SSH-PASSWORD")
    If (success = 1) Then
        success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    End If
 
End If
 
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If
 
Dim bdA As New ChilkatBinData
success = bdA.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")
 
' Upload the contents of bdA to the SSH/SFTP server.
Dim remotePath As String
remotePath = "sftpTesting/penguins.jpg"
success = sftp.UploadBd(bdA,remotePath)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If
 
' Download the file..
Dim bdB As New ChilkatBinData
success = sftp.DownloadBd(remotePath,bdB)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If
 
' Verify that bdA and bdB have the exact same contents.
Debug.Print "size of bdA: " & bdA.NumBytes
If (bdA.ContentsEqual(bdB) = 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Contents are equal. Success."
Else
    Debug.Print "Contents are NOT equal.  Failed."
End If
 
sftp.Disconnect
 
End Sub