Unicode C

SFTP Get/Set File Permission

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Demonstrates how to set the permissions of a file on the SFTP server. Unicode C

#include <C_CkSFtpW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtpW sftp;
    const wchar_t *hostname;
    int port;
    BOOL isHandle;
    BOOL followLinks;
    int permVal;

    success = FALSE;

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

    sftp = CkSFtpW_Create();

    // Connect to the SSH/SFTP server.  
    hostname = L"sftp.example.com";
    port = 22;
    success = CkSFtpW_Connect(sftp,hostname,port);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    success = CkSFtpW_AuthenticatePw(sftp,L"myLogin",L"myPassword");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = CkSFtpW_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Get the file permissions for the "hamlet.xml" file on the server.
    // The hamlet.xml file is located in the qa_data directory found under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
    // We are passing the remote file path (we are not passing a file handle returned by a previous call to OpenFile).
    isHandle = FALSE;
    followLinks = TRUE;
    permVal = CkSFtpW_GetFilePermissions(sftp,L"qa_data/hamlet.xml",followLinks,isHandle);
    if (permVal < 0) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    // Note: Filesystem permissions on Linux/Unix/MacOSX are typically written in octal (POSIX file permissions).  For example 0644 is octal.
    // To convert to decimal: octal 644 = 6*8^2 + 4*8 + 4 = 420 (decimal)
    // 
    // The server may return a permissions value (in octal) such as 100644.
    // The "100" indicates the file type, such as regular file or directory. 

    // Show the decimal value of the permissions
    wprintf(L"decimal permissions value: %d\n",permVal);

    // To set the file permissions, pass the integer value.
    // Let's change the permissions to 0664, which is 6*8^2 + 6*8 + 4 = 436 (decimal)
    success = CkSFtpW_SetPermissions(sftp,L"qa_data/hamlet.xml",isHandle,436);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSFtpW_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkSFtpW_Dispose(sftp);

    }