Perl Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71+

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. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $sftp = Chilkat2::SFtp->new;

# Pass a domain or IP address..
my $success = $sftp->Connect('my-sftp-server.com', 22);
if ($success) {
    $success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw('mySFtpLogin', 'mySFtpPassword');
}

if ($success) {
    $success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
}

if (!$success) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# 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.
$success = $sftp->HardLink('somefile.txt', 'somefile2.txt');
if (!$success) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Successfully created hard link.\n";