sshnet / sshnet/SSH.NET

WriteAllText does not care about current directory

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Description

For example

using (var client = new SftpClient(host, port, username, password))
	{
		client.Connect();
		client.ChangeDirectory(folder);
		client.WriteAllText("test123.txt","555");
	}

it written to "$HOME"/test123.txt instead of folder/test123.txt

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Research direction

Start by tracing SftpClient.ChangeDirectory and WriteAllText in the SSH.NET source to see how relative paths are resolved. Reproduce the example with a changed current directory and verify that WriteAllText writes test123.txt under folder rather than the home directory.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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