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Get a Remote File's Last-Access Time

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.GetFileLastAccessStr method, which returns a remote file's last-access date and time. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether symbolic links are followed, and whether the first argument is a handle.

Background: The access time is meant to update whenever a file is read, but in practice it is often unreliable: many systems mount filesystems with options like noatime to avoid a disk write on every read, so the value may not reflect recent reads. Treat it as a hint rather than an authoritative record of when a file was last opened.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Demonstrates the SFtp.GetFileLastAccessStr method, which returns a remote file's last-access
  // date and time.  The 1st argument is the remote path (or handle), the 2nd selects whether
  // symbolic links are followed, and the 3rd indicates whether the 1st argument is a handle.

  final sftp = CkSFtp();

  // Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
  final port = 22;
  try {
    sftp.connect('sftp.example.com', port);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // 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.
  final password = 'mySshPassword';

  try {
    sftp.authenticatePw('mySshLogin', password);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    sftp.initializeSftp();
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // The 2nd argument (bFollowLinks) selects whether a symbolic link is followed to its target.
  // The 3rd argument (bIsHandle) is false here because the 1st argument is a path, not an
  // open handle.
  final bFollowLinks = true;
  final bIsHandle = false;

  final String lastAccess;
  try {
    lastAccess = sftp.getFileLastAccessStr('subdir/report.pdf', bFollowLinks, bIsHandle);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('Last accessed: $lastAccess');

  sftp.disconnect();
}