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/**
@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 <libssh/sftp.h>
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 ***
*/