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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$sftp = New-Object Chilkat.SFtp

#  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
$port = 22
$success = $sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",$port)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  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 -eq $false) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $sftp.InitializeSftp()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  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 -eq $false) {
    $($sftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Directory created.")

$sftp.Disconnect()