[Libssh] channel_read - Save read characters in "string"

[Rico Kerster]

Thank you Aris.
That solved my problem.

Kind regards
Rico Kerster

> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:43:40 +0200
> From: aris at 0xbadc0de.be
> To: libssh at cerkinfo.be
> Subject: Re: [Libssh] channel_read - Save read characters in "string"
>
> Ah yep. buffer_get is a void * because there is no reason you would read
> only character data. It works fine in C but c++ needs explicite casting.
> command_output.assign((const char *)
> buffer_get(readbuf),buffer_get_len(readbuf));
>
> Regards,
> Aris
> Rico Kerster a écrit :
>> Thanks for the fast reply
>>
>> Tried it with
>> command_output.assign(buffer_get(readbuf),buffer_get_len(readbuf));
>>
>> Though I get the following compiler error:
>> error: call of overloaded 'assign(void*, int)' is ambiguous|
>>
>> I don't see how the first parameter can be a void*.
>>
>> I really appreciate your effort and look forward to the new release.
>>
>> Rico Kerster
>>
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:19:33 +0200
>>> From: aris at 0xbadc0de.be
>>> To: libssh at cerkinfo.be
>>> Subject: Re: [Libssh] channel_read - Save read characters in "string"
>>>
>>> Rico Kerster a écrit :
>>>> Hello libssh-List
>>>> I successfully logged into my SSH server, can issue a command and output the comands' result to the terminal window (as in the example, I achieved that with the function "write()")
>>>>
>>>> string command_output;
>>>> char cmd[] = "date\n";
>>>> BUFFER *readbuf = buffer_new();
>>>> int num = channel_write(channel,cmd,sizeof(cmd));
>>>> num = channel_read(channel,readbuf,0,0);
>>>>
>>>> write(1,buffer_get(readbuf),buffer_get_len(readbuf));
>>>>
>>>> But now I'd like to store the content of readbuf in the string "command_output", I studied the _M_write() template and how "write()" gets out the characters but I couldn't manage to understand and copy it. So to sum up my question:
>>>>
>>>> How do I store the characters of readbuff (BUFFER) in command_output (string) or in a char[]?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in Advance.
>>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Consider the output of buffer_get like a char [] type string, except it
>>> is not nul terminated.
>>> http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/assign.html
>>> Look at string::assign(const char *s, size_t n);
>>>
>>> I's much like a C++ problem you've got. The next release of libssh will
>>> have a more classical channel_read() which won't require a BUFFER object.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Aris
>>>
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