Perl

SFTP SymLink - Create Symbolic Link on Server

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Demonstrates how to create a symbolic link on the SFTP server. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example requires 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 symbolic link on the server.
# We'll create a link in our HOME directory named "sshd_config"
# which points to the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
$success = $sftp->SymLink('/etc/ssh/sshd_config', 'sshd_config');
if (!$success) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Successfully created symbolic link.\n";