Java SFTP Apache commons file download, upload and delete example. Secure File Transfer Protocol or SFTP uses the SSH secure shell protocol to provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionalities over any reliable data stream. Apache Commons VFS provides a single API for accessing various different file systems and one of them is SFTP. Here are the examples for how to use the VFS to achieve file download, upload and delete on a remote system. Before you copy the sources please go ahead and download the following jar files and place them in your classpath. Common java properties file for all the examplesserver. Apache Commons Io Copy File' title='Apache Commons Io Copy File' />Here I am providing a java FTP client program to upload file to FTP server using Apache Commons Net API. File. Address1. 11. Idmy. User. Id. passwordmy. Password. remote. Directoryproducts. Directoryimport. Upload file to remote server using SFTPpackage com. File. import java. File. Input. Stream. Properties. import org. File. Object. import org. File. System. Options. Selectors. import org. Standard. File. System. Manager. import org. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. public class Send. My. Files. static Properties props. String args. Send. My. Files send. My. Files new Send. commonsio JavaDoc. My. Files. if args. System. err. printlnUsage java send. My. Files. get. Class. Name. Propertiesfile FileToFTP. System. exit1. String properties. File args0. trim. String file. To. FTP args1. My. Files. start. FTPproperties. File, file. To. FTP. public boolean start. FTPString properties. Filename, String file. To. FTP. props new Properties. Ppg Paint Manager Software. Standard. File. System. Manager manager new Standard. File. System. Manager. File. Input. Streamproperties properties. Filename. String server. Address props. get. Propertyserver. Address. String user. Id props. Propertyuser. Id. String password props. Propertypassword. String remote. Directory props. Propertyremote. Directory. String local. Directory props. Propertylocal. Directory. String filepath local. Directory file. To. FTP. File file new Filefilepath. Runtime. ExceptionError. Local file not found. Initializes the file manager. Setup our SFTP configuration. File. System. Options opts new File. System. Options. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. get. Instance. Strict. Host. Key. Checking. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. Instance. set. User. Dir. Is. Rootopts, true. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. get. Instance. set. Timeoutopts, 1. Create the SFTP URI using the host name, userid, password, remote path and file name. String sftp. Uri sftp user. Id password server. Address. remote. Directory file. To. FTP. Create local file object. File. Object local. File manager. resolve. Filefile. get. Absolute. Path. Create remote file object. File. Object remote. File manager. resolve. Filesftp. Uri, opts. Copy local file to sftp server. File. copy. Fromlocal. File, Selectors. SELECTSELF. System. out. printlnFile upload successful. Exception ex. ex. Stack. Trace. return false. Download file from remote server using SFTPpackage com. File. import java. File. Input. Stream. Properties. import org. File. Object. import org. File. System. Options. Selectors. import org. Standard. File. System. Manager. import org. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. public class Get. My. Files. static Properties props. String args. Get. My. Files get. My. Files new Get. My. Files. if args. System. Usage java get. My. Files. get. Class. Name. Propertiesfilename FileToDownload. System. exit1. String properties. Filename args0. String file. To. Download args1. My. Files. start. FTPproperties. Filename, file. To. Download. public boolean start. FTPString properties. Filename, String file. To. Download. props new Properties. Standard. File. System. Manager manager new Standard. File. System. Manager. File. Input. Streamproperties properties. Filename. String server. Address props. get. Propertyserver. Address. String user. Id props. Propertyuser. Id. String password props. Propertypassword. String remote. Directory props. Propertyremote. Directory. String local. Directory props. Propertylocal. Directory. Initializes the file manager. Setup our SFTP configuration. File. System. Options opts new File. System. Options. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. get. Instance. Strict. Host. Key. Checking. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. Instance. set. User. Dir. Is. Rootopts, true. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. get. Instance. set. Timeoutopts, 1. Create the SFTP URI using the host name, userid, password, remote path and file name. String sftp. Uri sftp user. Id password server. Address. remote. Directory file. To. Download. Create local file object. String filepath local. Directory file. To. Download. File file new Filefilepath. File. Object local. File manager. resolve. Filefile. get. Absolute. Path. Create remote file object. File. Object remote. File manager. resolve. Filesftp. Uri, opts. Copy local file to sftp server. File. copy. Fromremote. File, Selectors. SELECTSELF. System. out. printlnFile download successful. Exception ex. ex. Stack. Trace. return false. Delete a file on remote server using SFTPpackage com. File. Input. Stream. Properties. import org. File. Object. import org. File. System. Options. Standard. File. System. Manager. import org. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. public class Delete. Remote. File. static Properties props. String args. Delete. Remote. File get. My. Files new Delete. Remote. File. if args. System. err. printlnUsage java get. My. Files. get. Class. Name. Propertiesfilename FileToDelete. System. exit1. String properties. Filename args0. String file. To. Download args1. My. Files. start. FTPproperties. Filename, file. To. Download. public boolean start. FTPString properties. Filename, String file. To. Download. props new Properties. Standard. File. System. Manager manager new Standard. File. System. Manager. Gentoo Serial Terminal Program. File. Input. Streamproperties properties. Filename. String server. Address props. get. Propertyserver. Address. String user. Id props. Edius 6.5 For Mac'>Edius 6.5 For Mac. Propertyuser. Id. String password props. Propertypassword. String remote. Directory props. Propertyremote. Directory. Initializes the file manager. Setup our SFTP configuration. File. System. Options opts new File. System. Options. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. get. Instance. Strict. Host. Key. Checking. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. Instance. set. User. Dir. Is. Rootopts, true. Sftp. File. System. Config. Builder. get. Instance. set. Timeoutopts, 1. Create the SFTP URI using the host name, userid, password, remote path and file name. String sftp. Uri sftp user. Id password server. Address. remote. Directory file. To. Download. Create remote file object. File. Object remote. File manager. resolve. Filesftp. Uri, opts. 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