Visual FoxPro

SFTP HardLink - Create a Hard Link using the hardlink@openssh.com Extension

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Demonstrates how to create a hard link on the SFTP server using the hardlink@openssh.com extension. Note: This only works on servers supporting the hardlink@openssh.com extension.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71 or greater.

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loSftp

lnSuccess = 0

* This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loSftp = CreateObject('Chilkat.SFtp')

* Pass a domain or IP address..
lnSuccess = loSftp.Connect("my-sftp-server.com",22)
IF (lnSuccess = 1) THEN
    lnSuccess = loSftp.AuthenticatePw("mySFtpLogin","mySFtpPassword")
ENDIF

IF (lnSuccess = 1) THEN
    lnSuccess = loSftp.InitializeSftp()
ENDIF

IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSftp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Create a hard link on the server.
* We'll create the hard link named "somefile2.txt" in our HOME directory
* which links to the file somefile.txt also in our HOME directory.
lnSuccess = loSftp.HardLink("somefile.txt","somefile2.txt")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loSftp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSftp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Successfully created hard link."

RELEASE loSftp