libssh2_scp_recv

Section: libssh2 manual (3)
Updated: 1 Jun 2007
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NAME

libssh2_scp_recv - request a remote file via SCP

#include <libssh2.h>

LIBSSH2_CHANNEL * libssh2_scp_recv(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *path, struct stat *sb);

session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3)

path - Full path and filename of file to transfer. That is the remote file name.

sb - Populated with remote file's size, mode, mtime, and atime

Request a file from the remote host via SCP.

Pointer to a newly allocated LIBSSH2_CHANNEL instance, or NULL on errors.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC - An internal memory allocation call failed.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_SCP_PROTOCOL -

LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN - Marked for non-blocking I/O but the call would block.