/** @page sftp Chapter 5: The SFTP subsystem @section sftp_subsystem The SFTP subsystem SFTP stands for "Secure File Transfer Protocol". It enables you to safely transfer files between the local and the remote computer. It reminds a lot of the old FTP protocol. SFTP is a rich protocol. It lets you do over the network almost everything that you can do with local files: - send files - modify only a portion of a file - receive files - receive only a portion of a file - get file owner and group - get file permissions - set file owner and group - set file permissions - remove files - rename files - create a directory - remove a directory - retrieve the list of files in a directory - get the target of a symbolic link - create symbolic links - get information about mounted filesystems. @subsection sftp_section Opening and closing a SFTP session Unlike with remote shells and remote commands, when you use the SFTP subsystem, you don't handle directly the SSH channels. Instead, you open a "SFTP session". The function sftp_new() creates a new SFTP session. The function sftp_init() initializes it. The function sftp_free() deletes it. As you see, all the SFTP-related functions start with the "sftp_" prefix instead of the usual "ssh_" prefix. In case of a problem, you use sftp_get_error() instead of ssh_get_error() to get the English error message. The example below shows how to use these functions: @code #include int sftp_helloworld(ssh_session session) { sftp_session sftp; int rc; sftp = sftp_new(session); if (sftp == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Error allocating SFTP session: %s\n", ssh_get_error(session)); return SSH_ERROR; } rc = sftp_init(sftp); if (rc != SSH_OK) { fprintf(stderr, "Error initializing SFTP session: %s.\n", sftp_get_error(sftp)); sftp_free(sftp); return rc; } ... sftp_free(sftp); return SSH_OK; } @endcode @subsection sftp_mkdir Creating a directory *** To be written *** @subsection sftp_write Copying a file to the remote computer *** To be written *** @subsection sftp_read Reading a file from the remote computer *** To be written *** */