React Native

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.

React Native

import { SFtp } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  let success = false;

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

  const sftp = new SFtp();

  // Pass a domain or IP address..
  success = true;
  try {
    await sftp.connectAsync('my-sftp-server.com', 22);
  } catch {
    success = false;
  }
  if (success) {
    success = true;
    try {
      await sftp.authenticatePwAsync('mySFtpLogin', 'mySFtpPassword');
    } catch {
      success = false;
    }
  }

  if (success) {
    success = true;
    try {
      await sftp.initializeSftpAsync();
    } catch {
      success = false;
    }
  }

  if (!success) {
    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:
  let path: string;
  try {
    path = await sftp.readLinkAsync('sshd_config');
  } catch {
    console.log(sftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(`symlink target path = ${path}`);

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