PHP

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.

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

Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\SFtp;

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

$sftp = new SFtp();

// Pass a domain or IP address..
try {
    $sftp->Connect('my-sftp-server.com', 22);
    $sftp->AuthenticatePw('mySFtpLogin', 'mySFtpPassword');

    $sftp->InitializeSftp();

    // 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:
    $path = $sftp->ReadLink('sshd_config');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'symlink target path = ', $path, "\n";

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