Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71+

SFTP ReadLink - Get the Target of a Symbolic Link on the Server

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Demonstrates how to retrieve the target of a symbolic link on the SFTP server. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local sftp = chilkat.SFtp.new()

-- Pass a domain or IP address..
local success = sftp:connect("my-sftp-server.com", 22)
if success then
    success = sftp:authenticate_pw("mySFtpLogin", "mySFtpPassword")
end

if success then
    success = sftp:initialize_sftp()
end

if not success then
    print(sftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- In this example, the we already have a symbolic link named "sshd_config"
-- in our SSH/SFTP user account's HOME directory.  Get the target of this link:
local path = sftp:read_link("sshd_config")
if not sftp.last_method_success then
    print(sftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("symlink target path = " .. path)

-- Output is:
-- symlink target path = /etc/ssh/sshd_config