Create a Remote Directory on an SFTP Server

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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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    success := false

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

    sftp := chilkat.NewSFtp()

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    port := 22
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    //  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.
    password := "mySshPassword"

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    //  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 {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Directory created.")

    sftp.Disconnect()

    sftp.DisposeSFtp()