mkdir: cannot create directory `../abc/2011-11-23: No such file or directory

Question

I have got a sftp script that downloads the archives , unzip it and then rename the files according to date and moves it to respective folder.

I had to move the script from USB drive onto a separate server . After i moved whenever the script runs it extracts the files but while moving files it gives following error :

mkdir: cannot create directory `../abc/2011-11-23': No such file or directory

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Is the 'directory' you are currently in happen to be a symlink to somewhere else? — Zoredache, Dec 02 '11 at 05:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '11 at 05:14

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It looks like the abc folder doesn't exist. You probably want to use -p option to make parent directories as needed:

$ mkdir -p ../abc/2011-11-23

answered Dec 02 '11 at 05:14

quanta

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thats what confusing me as /abc folder is already there, but i am still going try this – San Dec 02 '11 at 05:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '11 at 05:14

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Either there is no '../' or there is no '../abc/'

answered Dec 02 '11 at 05:14

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mkdir: cannot create directory `../abc/2011-11-23: No such file or directory

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