Tcl

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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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set sftp [new_CkSFtp]

#  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
set port 22
set success [CkSFtp_Connect $sftp "sftp.example.com" $port]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSFtp_lastErrorText $sftp]
    delete_CkSFtp $sftp
    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.
set password "mySshPassword"

set success [CkSFtp_AuthenticatePw $sftp "mySshLogin" $password]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSFtp_lastErrorText $sftp]
    delete_CkSFtp $sftp
    exit
}

set success [CkSFtp_InitializeSftp $sftp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSFtp_lastErrorText $sftp]
    delete_CkSFtp $sftp
    exit
}

#  Create a remote directory.  Parent directories are not necessarily created automatically, so
#  create each level if you need a full path.
set success [CkSFtp_CreateDir $sftp "subdir/newfolder"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSFtp_lastErrorText $sftp]
    delete_CkSFtp $sftp
    exit
}

puts "Directory created."

CkSFtp_Disconnect $sftp

delete_CkSFtp $sftp