sftp: more flexibility on channels

Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@cryptomilk.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/libssh/sftp.h b/include/libssh/sftp.h
index 5a21a959..d370f0ec 100644
--- a/include/libssh/sftp.h
+++ b/include/libssh/sftp.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ struct sftp_client_message_struct {
     ssh_buffer attrbuf; /* used by sftp_reply_attrs */
     ssh_string data; /* can be newpath of rename() */
     ssh_buffer complete_message; /* complete message in case of retransmission*/
+    char *str_data; /* cstring version of data */
 };
 
 struct sftp_request_queue_struct {
@@ -204,6 +205,19 @@ struct sftp_statvfs_struct {
 LIBSSH_API sftp_session sftp_new(ssh_session session);
 
 /**
+ * @brief Start a new sftp session with an existing channel.
+ *
+ * @param session       The ssh session to use.
+ * @param channel		An open session channel with subsystem already allocated
+ *
+ * @return              A new sftp session or NULL on error.
+ *
+ * @see sftp_free()
+ */
+LIBSSH_API sftp_session sftp_new_channel(ssh_session session, ssh_channel channel);
+
+
+/**
  * @brief Close and deallocate a sftp session.
  *
  * @param sftp          The sftp session handle to free.
@@ -830,7 +844,7 @@ LIBSSH_API void sftp_client_message_free(sftp_client_message msg);
 LIBSSH_API uint8_t sftp_client_message_get_type(sftp_client_message msg);
 LIBSSH_API const char *sftp_client_message_get_filename(sftp_client_message msg);
 LIBSSH_API void sftp_client_message_set_filename(sftp_client_message msg, const char *newname);
-LIBSSH_API char *sftp_client_message_get_data(sftp_client_message msg);
+LIBSSH_API const char *sftp_client_message_get_data(sftp_client_message msg);
 LIBSSH_API uint32_t sftp_client_message_get_flags(sftp_client_message msg);
 LIBSSH_API int sftp_send_client_message(sftp_session sftp, sftp_client_message msg);
 int sftp_reply_name(sftp_client_message msg, const char *name,