(Perl) 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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use chilkat();

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

$sftp = chilkat::CkSFtp->new();

# Pass a domain or IP address..
$success = $sftp->Connect("my-sftp-server.com",22);
if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw("mySFtpLogin","mySFtpPassword");
}

if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
}

if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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 = $sftp->readLink("sshd_config");
if ($sftp->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "symlink target path = " . $path . "\r\n";

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