Reusing SSH session

It is possible to use the SshClient, SshTerminalControl and Sftp classes together to execute commands and transfer files in one session. The following example shows you how to reuse the connection of an SshClient instance to list names of files and directories on an SFTP server (the SshClient and SshTerminalControl classes also support that "reuse connection" feature):

using System;
using ComponentPro.Net;
using ComponentPro.Net.Terminal;

...

// Create an SshClient object.
SshClient client = new SshClient();

// Connect to the specified server.
client.Connect("server");

// Authenticate.
client.Authenticate("user", "password");

client.Timeout = 25000;

TerminalShell sshShell = client.CreateShell(true);

// Send the command to the SSH server and read response. 
string response = sshShell.ExecuteCommand("ls");

// Print out the response.
Console.Write(response);

// Initialize a new Sftp instance.
Sftp sftp = new Sftp();

// Reuse the connection.
sftp.ReuseConnection(client);

// Display a file list.
Console.WriteLine(string.Join("\n", sftp.ListName()));

// Close the connection.
client.Disconnect();

Imports ComponentPro.Net
Imports ComponentPro.Net.Terminal

...

' Create an SshClient object. 
Dim client As New SshClient()

' Connect to the specified server.
client.Connect("server")

' Authenticate.
client.Authenticate("user", "password")

client.Timeout = 25000

Dim sshShell As TerminalShell = client.CreateShell(True)

' Send the command to the SSH server and read response. 
Dim response As String = sshShell.ExecuteCommand("ls")

' Print out the response.
Console.Write(response)

' Initialize a new Sftp instance. 
Dim sftp As New Sftp()

' Reuse the connection.
sftp.ReuseConnection(client)

' Display a file list.
Console.WriteLine(String.Join(vbLf, sftp.ListName()))

' Close the connection.
client.Disconnect()