B4X

Create a Remote Directory on an SFTP Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.CreateDir method, which creates a remote directory. The only argument is the directory path.

Background: The key caveat is that parent directories are not necessarily created automatically — creating a/b/c in one call may fail if a/b does not already exist. To build a deep path, create each level in turn (or check existence first with FileExists). Attempting to create a directory that already exists is generally an error, so guard against it when re-running a job.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the SFtp.CreateDir method, which creates a remote directory.  The only argument
'  is the directory path.

Dim sftp As ChilkatSFtp
sftp.Initialize("sftp")

'  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
Dim port As Int = 22
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com", port)
If success = False Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
'  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
Dim password As String = "mySshPassword"

success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin", password)
If success = False Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = sftp.InitializeSftp
If success = False Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Create a remote directory.  Parent directories are not necessarily created automatically, so
'  create each level if you need a full path.
success = sftp.CreateDir("subdir/newfolder")
If success = False Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log("Directory created.")

sftp.Disconnect