Get a Remote File's POSIX Permissions

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.GetFilePermissions method, which returns a remote item's complete POSIX mode value. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether symbolic links are followed, and whether the first argument is a handle.

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Sftp
integer li_Port
string ls_Password
integer li_BFollowLinks
integer li_BIsHandle
integer li_Mode

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the SFtp.GetFilePermissions method, which returns a remote item's complete POSIX
//  mode value.  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.

loo_Sftp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Sftp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.SFtp")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Sftp
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
li_Port = 22
li_Success = loo_Sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",li_Port)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Sftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Sftp
    return
end if

//  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.
ls_Password = "mySshPassword"

li_Success = loo_Sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",ls_Password)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Sftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Sftp
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Sftp.InitializeSftp()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Sftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Sftp
    return
end if

//  The 2nd argument (bFollowLinks) selects whether a symbolic link is followed to its target.
//  The 3rd argument (bIsHandle) is 0 here because the 1st argument is a path, not an
//  open handle.
li_BFollowLinks = 1
li_BIsHandle = 0

li_Mode = loo_Sftp.GetFilePermissions("subdir/script.sh",li_BFollowLinks,li_BIsHandle)
if li_Mode < 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Sftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Sftp
    return
end if

//  The value is the complete POSIX mode, which combines the file-type bits with the
//  owner/group/other permission bits (the low 9 bits).  For example, a mode of 33261 (octal
//  0100755) is a regular file with 0755 permissions.
Write-Debug "POSIX mode (decimal): " + string(li_Mode)

loo_Sftp.Disconnect()


destroy loo_Sftp