SSH.SFTPSession.CreateStream

Method Signature

 Function CreateStream(FileName As String, Flags As Integer, Mode As Integer, Directory As Boolean) As SSH.SFTPStream

Parameters

Name	Type	Comment
FileName	String	The name of the file or directory on the server.
Flags	Integer	A bitmask of any reasonable combination of the LIBSSH2_FXF_* constants.
Mode	Integer	The Unix-style permissions to apply to the file or directory, if applicable given the operation(s) specified in the Flags.
Directory	Boolean	If True then the operation is expecting FileName to refer to a directory.

Return value

Returns an instance of SFTPStream, or Nil on error. Check SFTPSession.LastError for error details.

Remarks

This method opens a SFTPStream according to the parameters. It is a more generic version of the Append, Get, Put, and ListDirectory methods, allowing custom functionality.

See also

• libssh2_sftp_open_ex in the libssh2 documentation for a description of the possible Flags,