createdir

makes new directory

Calling Sequence

createdir(dirname)
status = createdir(dirname)

Arguments

:dirname a character string. : :status a boolean. :

Description

`createdir(`dirname`_)` creates the directory dirname in the current directory, if dirname is not in the current directory, specify the relative path to the current directory or the full path for dirname.

`[status] = createdir(`dirname`_)` creates the directory dirname in the existing directory, returning the status. Here, status is %T for success and %F otherwise.

createdir is used by mkdir.

Examples

createdir(TMPDIR+'/Directory_test')
`removedir`_(TMPDIR+'/Directory_test')

See Also

• mkdir Make new directory
• rmdir Remove a directory