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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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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

sftp = chilkat.CkSFtp()

#  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
if (success == False):
    print(sftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.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 == False):
    print(sftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
if (success == False):
    print(sftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.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 == False):
    print(sftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Directory created.")

sftp.Disconnect()