SftpClient: Modify methods that overwrite existing file to first truncate the file

[drieseng]

The following methods in SftpClient currently overwrite an existing file, but do not truncate it first:

• public StreamWriter CreateText(string path)
• public StreamWriter CreateText(string path, Encoding encoding)
• public void WriteAllBytes(string path, byte[] bytes)
• public void WriteAllLines(string path, IEnumerable contents)
• public void WriteAllLines(string path, string[] contents)
• public void WriteAllLines(string path, IEnumerable contents, Encoding encoding)
• public void WriteAllLines(string path, string[] contents, Encoding encoding)
• public void WriteAllText(string path, string contents)
• public void WriteAllText(string path, string contents, Encoding encoding)

The API has been "inspired" by System.IO.File, but the corresponding methods on System.IO.File actually overwrite (and truncate) an existing file.

[starlys]

Is there a workaround for WriteAllText?

[awa-nc]

Is there a workaround for WriteAllText?

We had the same problem, expecting the same behavior as the identically named method in the framework.

The "workaround" for us was to call DeleteFile before WriteAllText if the file was already existing.