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Old 03-19-2012
SFTP - Get size of file on remote server

Hi,

I have a requirement where I need to do SFTP connection to remote server, get the size of the file on remote server and depending on the size, i need to get the file onto local server.
Is there any command in SFTP to get the size of the file. I found one in FTP but not in SFTP
 

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SSH2_SFTP_STAT(3)							 1							 SSH2_SFTP_STAT(3)

ssh2_sftp_stat - Stat a file on a remote filesystem

SYNOPSIS
array ssh2_sftp_stat (resource $sftp, string $path) DESCRIPTION
Stats a file on the remote filesystem following any symbolic links. This function is similar to using the stat(3) function with the ssh2.sftp:// wrapper in PHP 5 and returns the same values. PARAMETERS
o $sftp - An SSH2 SFTP resource opened by ssh2_sftp(3). o $path - RETURN VALUES
See the documentation for stat(3) for details on the values which may be returned. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Stating a file via SFTP <?php $connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22); ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password'); $sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection); $statinfo = ssh2_sftp_stat($sftp, '/path/to/file'); $filesize = $statinfo['size']; $group = $statinfo['gid']; $owner = $statinfo['uid']; $atime = $statinfo['atime']; $mtime = $statinfo['mtime']; $mode = $statinfo['mode']; ?> SEE ALSO
ssh2_sftp_lstat(3), lstat(3), stat(3). PHP Documentation Group SSH2_SFTP_STAT(3)
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