using System;

using System.IO;

using Renci.SshNet;

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public class SCP_Transfer

{

    public string HOSTNAME;

    public int PORT;

    public string USERNAME;

    public string PASSWORD;

    public string PATH_TO_FILE;

    public SCP_Transfer(string hostname, int port, string username, string password, string pathToFile) {

        HOSTNAME = hostname;

        PORT = port;

        USERNAME = username;

        PASSWORD = password;

        PATH_TO_FILE = pathToFile;

    }

    public static void Main()

    {

        SCP_Transfer scpTransfer = new SCP_Transfer("test.rebex.net", 22, "demo", "password", "/readme.txt");

        var ssh = new ScpClient(scpTransfer.HOSTNAME, scpTransfer.PORT, scpTransfer.USERNAME, scpTransfer.PASSWORD);

        ssh.Connect();

        Console.WriteLine("CP 1");

        System.IO.Stream stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

        ssh.Download(scpTransfer.PATH_TO_FILE, stream);

        Console.WriteLine("CP 2");

        byte[] fileInBytes = returnBytesFromStream(stream);

        Console.WriteLine("CP 3");

    }

    public static byte[] returnBytesFromStream(Stream sourceStream) {

        using(var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())

        {

          sourceStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);

          return memoryStream.ToArray();

        }

    }

}