package sftp_test import ( "fmt" "log" "os" "os/exec" "github.com/pkg/sftp" "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh" ) func Example() { var conn *ssh.Client // open an SFTP session over an existing ssh connection. sftp, err := sftp.NewClient(conn) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer sftp.Close() // walk a directory w := sftp.Walk("/home/user") for w.Step() { if w.Err() != nil { continue } log.Println(w.Path()) } // leave your mark f, err := sftp.Create("hello.txt") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if _, err := f.Write([]byte("Hello world!")); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // check it's there fi, err := sftp.Lstat("hello.txt") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Println(fi) } func ExampleNewClientPipe() { // Connect to a remote host and request the sftp subsystem via the 'ssh' // command. This assumes that passwordless login is correctly configured. cmd := exec.Command("ssh", "example.com", "-s", "sftp") // send errors from ssh to stderr cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr // get stdin and stdout wr, err := cmd.StdinPipe() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } rd, err := cmd.StdoutPipe() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // start the process if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer cmd.Wait() // open the SFTP session client, err := sftp.NewClientPipe(rd, wr) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // read a directory list, err := client.ReadDir("/") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // print contents for _, item := range list { fmt.Println(item.Name()) } // close the connection client.Close() }