libssh2_sftp_readlink(3)

✨ libssh2_sftp_readlink — bestie edition ✨

okay so this page is from the libssh2 manual, and it's literally about one tiny little macro that's out here doing the most for you 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

libssh2_sftp_readlink — it's a convenience macro for libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex(3), no cap

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>

#define libssh2_sftp_readlink(sftp, path, target, maxlen) \
    libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex((sftp), (path), strlen(path), \
                            (target), (maxlen), \
                            LIBSSH2_SFTP_READLINK)

like… look at her. she's a macro. she's gorgeous. she does exactly one thing and she does it well 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — this is a macro, right, and she lives in a public libssh2 header file, out there in the open for everyone to see 👀

and underneath all that? she's just using the underlying function libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex(3). that's it. that's the whole vibe. she's a lil wrapper, a lil shortcut, the bestie who hands you the thing you actually needed so you don't have to type the long version yourself 😌

💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

go look at libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex(3), bestie — she's got the answers, fr fr

💀 ERRORS 💀

same deal, same energy: see libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex(3) for all the error deets ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex(3) — the main character this whole page is about, iykyk 👑

⚠️ real talk for one sec: this page tells you nothing on its own about what gets returned or what can go wrong — every single one of those answers is in libssh2_sftp_symlink_ex(3). so go read that one too, okay? it's not optional, it's required reading 📚

and that's the whole page!! 🌟 this lil guy came from libssh2 1.2.4, dated 20 Feb 2010 (yes she's vintage, she's an icon, she's timeless 🎀), and her manual page name is libssh2_sftp_readlink(3). slay, bye 💖✨🦋