ch.ethz.ssh2
Class SFTPv3Client

java.lang.Object
  ch.ethz.ssh2.SFTPv3Client

public class SFTPv3Client
extends java.lang.Object

A SFTPv3Client represents a SFTP (protocol version 3) client connection tunnelled over a SSH-2 connection. This is a very simple (synchronous) implementation.

Basically, most methods in this class map directly to one of the packet types described in draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-02.txt.

Note: this is experimental code.

Error handling: the methods of this class throw IOExceptions. However, unless there is catastrophic failure, exceptions of the type SFTPv3Client will be thrown (a subclass of IOException). Therefore, you can implement more verbose behavior by checking if a thrown exception if of this type. If yes, then you can cast the exception and access detailed information about the failure.

Notes about file names, directory names and paths, copy-pasted from the specs:

• SFTP v3 represents file names as strings. File names are assumed to use the slash ('/') character as a directory separator.
• File names starting with a slash are "absolute", and are relative to the root of the file system. Names starting with any other character are relative to the user's default directory (home directory).
• Servers SHOULD interpret a path name component ".." as referring to the parent directory, and "." as referring to the current directory. If the server implementation limits access to certain parts of the file system, it must be extra careful in parsing file names when enforcing such restrictions. There have been numerous reported security bugs where a ".." in a path name has allowed access outside the intended area.
• An empty path name is valid, and it refers to the user's default directory (usually the user's home directory).

If you are still not tired then please go on and read the comment for setCharset(String).

Version:

2.50, 03/15/10

Author:

Christian Plattner

Constructor Summary

SFTPv3Client(Connection conn)
Create a SFTP v3 client.

SFTPv3Client(Connection conn, java.io.PrintStream debug)
Deprecated. this constructor (debug version) will disappear in the future, use SFTPv3Client(Connection) instead.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	canonicalPath(java.lang.String path) Have the server canonicalize any given path name to an absolute path.
void	close() Close this SFTP session.
void	closeFile(SFTPv3FileHandle handle) Close a file.
SFTPv3FileHandle	createFile(java.lang.String fileName) Create a file and open it for reading and writing.
SFTPv3FileHandle	createFile(java.lang.String fileName, SFTPv3FileAttributes attr) Create a file and open it for reading and writing.
SFTPv3FileHandle	createFileTruncate(java.lang.String fileName) Create a file (truncate it if it already exists) and open it for reading and writing.
SFTPv3FileHandle	createFileTruncate(java.lang.String fileName, SFTPv3FileAttributes attr) reate a file (truncate it if it already exists) and open it for reading and writing.
void	createSymlink(java.lang.String src, java.lang.String target) Create a symbolic link on the server.
void	fsetstat(SFTPv3FileHandle handle, SFTPv3FileAttributes attr) Modify the attributes of a file.
SFTPv3FileAttributes	fstat(SFTPv3FileHandle handle) Retrieve the file attributes of an open file.
java.lang.String	getCharset() The currently used charset for filename encoding/decoding.
int	getProtocolVersion() Returns the negotiated SFTP protocol version between the client and the server.
java.util.Vector	ls(java.lang.String dirName) List the contents of a directory.
SFTPv3FileAttributes	lstat(java.lang.String path) Retrieve the file attributes of a file.
void	mkdir(java.lang.String dirName, int posixPermissions) Create a new directory.
void	mv(java.lang.String oldPath, java.lang.String newPath) Move a file or directory.
SFTPv3FileHandle	openFileRO(java.lang.String fileName) Open a file for reading.
SFTPv3FileHandle	openFileRW(java.lang.String fileName) Open a file for reading and writing.
int	read(SFTPv3FileHandle handle, long fileOffset, byte[] dst, int dstoff, int len) Read bytes from a file.
java.lang.String	readLink(java.lang.String path) Read the target of a symbolic link.
void	rm(java.lang.String fileName) Remove a file.
void	rmdir(java.lang.String dirName) Remove an empty directory.
void	setCharset(java.lang.String charset) Set the charset used to convert between Java Unicode Strings and byte encodings used by the server for paths and file names.
void	setstat(java.lang.String path, SFTPv3FileAttributes attr) Modify the attributes of a file.
SFTPv3FileAttributes	stat(java.lang.String path) Retrieve the file attributes of a file.
void	write(SFTPv3FileHandle handle, long fileOffset, byte[] src, int srcoff, int len) Write bytes to a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SFTPv3Client

public SFTPv3Client(Connection conn,
                    java.io.PrintStream debug)
             throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. this constructor (debug version) will disappear in the future, use SFTPv3Client(Connection) instead.

Create a SFTP v3 client.

Parameters:

conn - The underlying SSH-2 connection to be used.

debug -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

SFTPv3Client

public SFTPv3Client(Connection conn)
             throws java.io.IOException

Create a SFTP v3 client.

Parameters:

conn - The underlying SSH-2 connection to be used.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

setCharset

public void setCharset(java.lang.String charset)
                throws java.io.IOException

Set the charset used to convert between Java Unicode Strings and byte encodings used by the server for paths and file names. Unfortunately, the SFTP v3 draft says NOTHING about such conversions (well, with the exception of error messages which have to be in UTF-8). Newer drafts specify to use UTF-8 for file names (if I remember correctly). However, a quick test using OpenSSH serving a EXT-3 filesystem has shown that UTF-8 seems to be a bad choice for SFTP v3 (tested with filenames containing german umlauts). "windows-1252" seems to work better for Europe. Luckily, "windows-1252" is the platform default in my case =).

If you don't set anything, then the platform default will be used (this is the default behavior).

Parameters:

charset - the name of the charset to be used or null to use the platform's default encoding.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

See Also:

getCharset()

getCharset

public java.lang.String getCharset()

The currently used charset for filename encoding/decoding.

Returns:

The name of the charset (null if the platform's default charset is being used)

See Also:

setCharset(String)

fstat

public SFTPv3FileAttributes fstat(SFTPv3FileHandle handle)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Retrieve the file attributes of an open file.

Parameters:

handle - a SFTPv3FileHandle handle.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileAttributes object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

stat

public SFTPv3FileAttributes stat(java.lang.String path)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Retrieve the file attributes of a file. This method follows symbolic links on the server.

Parameters:

path - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileAttributes object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

See Also:

lstat(String)

lstat

public SFTPv3FileAttributes lstat(java.lang.String path)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Retrieve the file attributes of a file. This method does NOT follow symbolic links on the server.

Parameters:

path - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileAttributes object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

See Also:

stat(String)

readLink

public java.lang.String readLink(java.lang.String path)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Read the target of a symbolic link.

Parameters:

path - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

The target of the link.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

setstat

public void setstat(java.lang.String path,
                    SFTPv3FileAttributes attr)
             throws java.io.IOException

Modify the attributes of a file. Used for operations such as changing the ownership, permissions or access times, as well as for truncating a file.

Parameters:

path - See the comment for the class for more details.

attr - A SFTPv3FileAttributes object. Specifies the modifications to be made to the attributes of the file. Empty fields will be ignored.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

fsetstat

public void fsetstat(SFTPv3FileHandle handle,
                     SFTPv3FileAttributes attr)
              throws java.io.IOException

Modify the attributes of a file. Used for operations such as changing the ownership, permissions or access times, as well as for truncating a file.

Parameters:

handle - a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

attr - A SFTPv3FileAttributes object. Specifies the modifications to be made to the attributes of the file. Empty fields will be ignored.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

createSymlink

public void createSymlink(java.lang.String src,
                          java.lang.String target)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Create a symbolic link on the server. Creates a link "src" that points to "target".

Parameters:

src - See the comment for the class for more details.

target - See the comment for the class for more details.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

canonicalPath

public java.lang.String canonicalPath(java.lang.String path)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Have the server canonicalize any given path name to an absolute path. This is useful for converting path names containing ".." components or relative pathnames without a leading slash into absolute paths.

Parameters:

path - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

An absolute path.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getProtocolVersion

public int getProtocolVersion()

Returns the negotiated SFTP protocol version between the client and the server.

Returns:

SFTP protocol version, i.e., "3".

close

public void close()

Close this SFTP session. NEVER forget to call this method to free up resources - even if you got an exception from one of the other methods. Sometimes these other methods may throw an exception, saying that the underlying channel is closed (this can happen, e.g., if the other server sent a close message.) However, as long as you have not called the close() method, you are likely wasting resources.

ls

public java.util.Vector ls(java.lang.String dirName)
                    throws java.io.IOException

List the contents of a directory.

Parameters:

dirName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

A Vector containing SFTPv3DirectoryEntry objects.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

mkdir

public void mkdir(java.lang.String dirName,
                  int posixPermissions)
           throws java.io.IOException

Create a new directory.

Parameters:

dirName - See the comment for the class for more details.

posixPermissions - the permissions for this directory, e.g., "0700" (remember that this is octal noation). The server will likely apply a umask.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

rm

public void rm(java.lang.String fileName)
        throws java.io.IOException

Remove a file.

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

rmdir

public void rmdir(java.lang.String dirName)
           throws java.io.IOException

Remove an empty directory.

Parameters:

dirName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

mv

public void mv(java.lang.String oldPath,
               java.lang.String newPath)
        throws java.io.IOException

Move a file or directory.

Parameters:

oldPath - See the comment for the class for more details.

newPath - See the comment for the class for more details.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

openFileRO

public SFTPv3FileHandle openFileRO(java.lang.String fileName)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Open a file for reading.

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

openFileRW

public SFTPv3FileHandle openFileRW(java.lang.String fileName)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Open a file for reading and writing.

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

createFile

public SFTPv3FileHandle createFile(java.lang.String fileName)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Create a file and open it for reading and writing. Same as createFile(fileName, null).

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

createFile

public SFTPv3FileHandle createFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                                   SFTPv3FileAttributes attr)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Create a file and open it for reading and writing. You can specify the default attributes of the file (the server may or may not respect your wishes).

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

attr - may be null to use server defaults. Probably only the uid, gid and permissions (remember the server may apply a umask) entries of the SFTPv3FileHandle structure make sense. You need only to set those fields where you want to override the server's defaults.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

createFileTruncate

public SFTPv3FileHandle createFileTruncate(java.lang.String fileName)
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Create a file (truncate it if it already exists) and open it for reading and writing. Same as createFileTruncate(fileName, null).

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

createFileTruncate

public SFTPv3FileHandle createFileTruncate(java.lang.String fileName,
                                           SFTPv3FileAttributes attr)
                                    throws java.io.IOException

reate a file (truncate it if it already exists) and open it for reading and writing. You can specify the default attributes of the file (the server may or may not respect your wishes).

Parameters:

fileName - See the comment for the class for more details.

attr - may be null to use server defaults. Probably only the uid, gid and permissions (remember the server may apply a umask) entries of the SFTPv3FileHandle structure make sense. You need only to set those fields where you want to override the server's defaults.

Returns:

a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException

read

public int read(SFTPv3FileHandle handle,
                long fileOffset,
                byte[] dst,
                int dstoff,
                int len)
         throws java.io.IOException

Read bytes from a file. No more than 32768 bytes may be read at once. Be aware that the semantics of read() are different than for Java streams.

• The server will read as many bytes as it can from the file (up to len), and return them.
• If EOF is encountered before reading any data, -1 is returned.
• If an error occurs, an exception is thrown
.
• For normal disk files, it is guaranteed that the server will return the specified number of bytes, or up to end of file. For, e.g., device files this may return fewer bytes than requested.

Parameters:

handle - a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

fileOffset - offset (in bytes) in the file

dst - the destination byte array

dstoff - offset in the destination byte array

len - how many bytes to read, 0 < len <= 32768 bytes

Returns:

the number of bytes that could be read, may be less than requested if the end of the file is reached, -1 is returned in case of EOF

Throws:

java.io.IOException

write

public void write(SFTPv3FileHandle handle,
                  long fileOffset,
                  byte[] src,
                  int srcoff,
                  int len)
           throws java.io.IOException

Write bytes to a file. If len > 32768, then the write operation will be split into multiple writes.

Parameters:

handle - a SFTPv3FileHandle handle.

fileOffset - offset (in bytes) in the file.

src - the source byte array.

srcoff - offset in the source byte array.

len - how many bytes to write.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

closeFile

public void closeFile(SFTPv3FileHandle handle)
               throws java.io.IOException

Close a file.

Parameters:

handle - a SFTPv3FileHandle handle

Throws:

java.io.IOException