JavaScript

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.

JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var sftp = new CkSFtp();

// Pass a domain or IP address..
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) {
    console.log(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:
var path = sftp.ReadLink("sshd_config");
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
    console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("symlink target path = " + path);

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