NonStop SSH SFTP API Reference Manual

Preface
Who Should Read This Guide
This manual is intended for application programmers and system administrators developing and maintaining applications
which need to securely transfer files programmatically over the SFTP/SSH protocol.
Related Reading
SFTP API requires that one of the following products be installed and licensed on the system in order to work: HP
NonStop SSH, comForte SecurFTP/SSH, or comForte SecurSH. Depending on which product you use, you should refer
to the following document:
• HP NonStop SSH Reference Manual, or
• SSH2 Reference Manual
As SFTP transfers will be invoked using the standard FTP API (a part of the HP NonStop™ TCP/IP applications and
utilities), you should also refer to the following document:
• TCP/IP Applications and Utilities User Guide, chapter 8: "FTP API External Specification"
Document History
Version 1.4
• Minor formatting changes.
• Added more detail and corrected code example in “Making your application invoke SFTP” section.
Version 1.3
• Mentioned $SYSTEM.ZSFTPAPI in sections “License Installation” and “Making your applications invoke
SFTP”.
• Removed FTPappend from section “Unsupported library routines” (FTPappend supported starting with version
0092).
• Added section "Controlling Transfer Summary".
Version 1.2
• Enhanced sections “License Installation” and “Making your applications invoke SFTP”: SFTP object and
SFTPAPI LICENSE file should reside in separate, customer-specific subvolume.
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