使用sftp在本地计算机（Linux）中创建目录

Question

I have tried the command below to create a directory after I downloaded a file from sftp. But unfortunately the command couldn't run. What's the error between this command?

sftp username@servername:/server/path/xxx.txt lmkdir /my/home/directory/new_path

Answer 1

to create a directory just use

lmkdir  dirName

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jimmy@moody:~$ sftp localhost 
The authenticity of host 'localhost (::1)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is 97:52:17:f7:e7:c4:5b:68:00:62:6d:42:2c:ee:5a:60.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'localhost' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
jimmy@localhost's password: 
Connected to localhost.
sftp> lmkdir dirName
sftp> exit
jimmy@moody:~$ ls dirName/

Answer 2

lmkdir path

         Create local directory specified by path.

Also you might want to use

lcd path

         Change local directory to path.

lls [ls-options [path]]

         Display local directory listing of either path or current directory if path is not specified.  ls-options
         may contain any flags supported by the local system's ls(1) command.  path may contain glob(3) characters
         and may match multiple files.

Answer 3

The command you are invoking is invalid. As others here have mentioned the command to create a local directory while in the sftp shell is lmkdir, however you are not invoking the shell, you are trying to copy the file into a directory while creating the directory.

The way your current command is being interpreted is as a request to download "servername:/server/path/xxx.txt" into a file called "lmkdir" followed by an invalid option of "/my/home/directory/new_path" which sftp doesn't understand.

What you want to do instead is

mkdir /my/home/directory/new_pathsftp
sftp username@servername:/server/path/xxx.txt /my/home/directory/new_pathsftp

or from the sftp shell:

$ sftp username@servername
Connected to username@servername
sftp> lmkdir /my/home/directory/new_pathsftp
sftp> lcd /my/home/directory/new_pathsftp
sftp> get /server/path/xxx.txt
sftp> quit

You can include the three lines executed in the sftp shell as a batch file to be executed when connected, eg

sftp username@servername -b batchfile

where batchfile contains the following

lmkdir /my/home/directory/new_pathsftp
lcd /my/home/directory/new_pathsftp
get /server/path/xxx.txt
quit