RemoteFile Property
The name of the remote file for uploading, downloading, etc.
Syntax
property RemoteFile: String;
Default Value
''
Remarks
The RemoteFile is either an absolute file path, or a relative path based on RemotePath.
A number of methods use RemoteFile as an argument.
Example (Setting RemoteFile)
SFTPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile.txt" SFTPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt" SFTPControl.Download() SFTPControl.Localfile = "C:\localfile2.txt" SFTPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt" SFTPControl.Download()
Note: This property will also act as a file mask when performing ListDirectory.
Example (Using RemoteFile as a file mask):
SFTPControl.RemoteFile = "*.txt" SFTPControl.ListDirectory()
The RemoteFile property supports several pattern matching characters. The following special characters are supported for pattern matching:
? | Any single character. |
* | Any characters or no characters. I.E., C*t matches Cat, Cot, Coast, Ct, etc) |
[,-] | A range of characters. E.g.: [a-z], [a], [0-9], [0-9,a-d,f,r-z], etc. |
\ | The slash is ignored and exact matching is performed on the next character. |
If the above characters need to be used as a literal in a FileMask then they must be escaped by surrounding them with a []. (Note, "]" and "-" do not need to be escaped) See below for the escape sequences:
Character | Escape Sequence |
? | [?] |
* | [*] |
[ | [[] |
\ | [\] |
For example, if you wanted to download a file whose name was [Something].txt you could set the RemoteFile property to: [[]Something].txt
Data Type
String