(Android™) SFTP ReadLink - Get the Target of a Symbolic Link on the Server

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.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkSFtp sftp = new CkSFtp();

    // Pass a domain or IP address..
    boolean success = sftp.Connect("my-sftp-server.com",22);
    if (success == true) {
        success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySFtpLogin","mySFtpPassword");
        }

    if (success == true) {
        success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
        }

    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // 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:
    String path = sftp.readLink("sshd_config");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "symlink target path = " + path);

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

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}