scp via java

Question

What is the best method of performing an scp transfer via the Java programming language? It seems I may be able to perform this via JSSE, JSch or the bouncy castle java libr

Answer 1

JSch is a nice library to work with. It has quite an easy answer for your question.

JSch jsch=new JSch();
  Session session=jsch.getSession(user, host, 22);
  session.setPassword("password");


  Properties config = new Properties();
  config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking","no");
  session.setConfig(config);
  session.connect();

  boolean ptimestamp = true;

  // exec 'scp -t rfile' remotely
  String command="scp " + (ptimestamp ? "-p" :"") +" -t "+rfile;
  Channel channel=session.openChannel("exec");
  ((ChannelExec)channel).setCommand(command);

  // get I/O streams for remote scp
  OutputStream out=channel.getOutputStream();
  InputStream in=channel.getInputStream();

  channel.connect();

  if(checkAck(in)!=0){
    System.exit(0);
  }

  File _lfile = new File(lfile);

  if(ptimestamp){
    command="T "+(_lfile.lastModified()/1000)+" 0";
    // The access time should be sent here,
    // but it is not accessible with JavaAPI ;-<
    command+=(" "+(_lfile.lastModified()/1000)+" 0\n");
    out.write(command.getBytes()); out.flush();
    if(checkAck(in)!=0){
      System.exit(0);
    }
  }

You can find complete code at

http://faisalbhagat.blogspot.com/2013/09/java-uploading-file-remotely-via-scp.html