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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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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim sftp As New Chilkat.SFtp

//  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
Dim port As Int32
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(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
password = "mySshPassword"

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

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

System.DebugLog("Directory created.")

sftp.Disconnect