Get a Remote File's Last-Access Time

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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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    success := false

    //  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.

    sftp := chilkat.NewSFtp()

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    port := 22
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        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.
    password := "mySshPassword"

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        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.
    bFollowLinks := true
    bIsHandle := false

    lastAccess := sftp.GetFileLastAccessStr("subdir/report.pdf",bFollowLinks,bIsHandle)
    if sftp.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Last accessed: ", *lastAccess)

    sftp.Disconnect()

    sftp.DisposeSFtp()