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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.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    var success: bool = false;

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

    const sftp = try chilkat.SFtp.init();
    defer sftp.deinit();

    // Pass a domain or IP address..
    success = if (sftp.connect("my-sftp-server.com", 22)) true else |_| false;
    if (success) {
        success = if (sftp.authenticatePw("mySFtpLogin", "mySFtpPassword")) true else |_| false;
    }

    if (success) {
        success = if (sftp.initializeSftp()) true else |_| false;
    }

    if (!success) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        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:
    const path = sftp.readLink(alloc, "sshd_config") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("symlink target path = {s}\n", .{path});

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