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Create a Hard Link on an SFTP Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.HardLink method, which creates a hard link to an existing remote file. The first argument is the existing file and the second is the new link path. It uses the OpenSSH hardlink@openssh.com extension and succeeds only when the server supports it.

Background: A hard link is a second name for the same file data, not a pointer to a path: both names are equal, the data persists until the last name is removed, and there is no "original" to break. Unlike a symbolic link it cannot span filesystems and cannot target a directory. Because it depends on a non-standard OpenSSH extension, expect it to fail against servers that do not implement it.

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Local $bSuccess = False

;  Demonstrates the SFtp.HardLink method, which creates a hard link to an existing remote file.
;  The 1st argument is the existing file and the 2nd is the new link path.

$oSftp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.SFtp")

;  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
Local $iPort = 22
$bSuccess = $oSftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",$iPort)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
;  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
Local $sPassword = "mySshPassword"

$bSuccess = $oSftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",$sPassword)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oSftp.InitializeSftp()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Create a hard link.  This uses the OpenSSH hardlink@openssh.com extension and succeeds only
;  when the server supports it.
$bSuccess = $oSftp.HardLink("subdir/data.bin","subdir/data_backup.bin")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSftp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Hard link created." & @CRLF)

$oSftp.Disconnect