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# 1  
Old 09-27-2012
mkdir -p option in SFTP session
Hi,

I am trying to create more than one directory by using -p option in SFTP session.
But it created a directory named -p and ended.

It didn't throw any error.
Code:
sxxxxxxx:(abc)/test> sftp abcuser@zxxxxxxx
Connecting to zxxxxxxx...
Password:
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /test
sftp> cd /test/test1/test2/test3
sftp> mkdir -p /test/test1/test2/test3/test4/test5/test6/test7
sftp> bye


zxxxxxxx:(abc)/test/test1/test2/test3> ls
-p
zxxxxxxx:(abc)/test/test1/test2/test3> ls -lrt
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   2 abcuser users         96 Sep 27 10:09 -p

I will get that directory at run time from the user.

Please let me know how to create more than one directories using single commad in SFTP session.

Regards,
gthangavSmilie



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Last edited by vbe; 09-27-2012 at 11:50 AM..
# 2  
Old 09-27-2012
Not sure -p is a valid option for mkdir in sftp... which explains what happened...
sftp is quite dumb you know... its not like an ordinary remote connetion...all the command it understand are limited in options...
Since yu are using sftp, dont you have ssh? ssh can be used in batch mode...
# 3  
Old 09-27-2012
You could try using the -b (batch) option to sftp. Create a file with the commands:

Code:
cat file

mkdir /tmp/test1
mkdir /tmp/test1/test2
mkdir /tmp/test1/test2/test3
mkdir /tmp/test1/test2/test3/test4

Then just use the -b option to feed it to the sftp command:

Code:
sftp -b file user@server

sftp> mkdir /tmp/test1
sftp> mkdir /tmp/test1/test2
sftp> mkdir /tmp/test1/test2/test3
sftp> mkdir /tmp/test1/test2/test3/test4

Then verify on the server:

Code:
ls -l /tmp/test1/test2/test3/test4/

A bit funky, but should work if you insist on using sftp.

Alternatively, you could just use the ssh command like so:

Code:
ssh user@server 'mkdir -p /tmp/test1/test2/test3/test4/'

# 4  
Old 09-27-2012
sftp is not a shell, it probably won't understand most or any of the usual commandline flags. if you need a shell, use ssh.
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