my @destArray = split(/\//, $destPath);  #splits path on the forward slash.
 
  while(scalar(@destArray)) {   
    my $cmd = "cd \"" . $destArray[0] . "\"";
    print "command: $cmd\n";
    sendCommand($session, $cmd);#"cd \"" . $destArray[0] . "\"");
    if ($commandResponse =~ m/Operation failed/) {
      print "Debug: last cd command failed, so now create the rest of the tree.\n";
      last;
    } 
    shift (@destArray);  # otherwise remove the directory from the list and continue
  }