Description
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Saves keys to the file.
Return Type
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None
Syntax
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object.Save KeyType,
Filename, [Password]
The Save Method syntax has these parts:
| object |
An expression
evaluating to an object of type Keys. |
| KeyType |
Required. A SSHKeyTypes
enumeration, as described in settings. Type of the key
(RSA/DSA). |
| Filename |
Required. A String
value. Full path to file where key should be
saved. |
| Password |
Optional. A Variant
value. Secret password to protect the key. |
Settings
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The settings for KeyType are:
 |
RSAkey |
0 |
RSA key is saved. |
|
DSAkey |
1 |
DSA key is saved. |
Remarks
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Save method will store contents of your private key from
memory to file on your disk drive.
Key is saved using PEM format,
as base64 encoded data surrounded by header lines, which
makes it exportable (and importable) to other SSH engines.
Optionally (and is suggested) you can specify the password
to be used when key is written to disk, so only you can
read saved key. Don't forget to use the same password
when Loading key
from disk.
Written file contains only plain ASCII
characters.
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Save Method
