MKDIR

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• Last revised: 2022-03-25

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Makes a folder/directory on the local file system

Syntax

` declare function Mkdir ( byref folder as const string ) as long

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Usage

` result = Mkdir( folder )

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Parameters

folder

The new default folder/directory to be created, or a path to the sub-folder/sub-directory to be created.

Return Value

Returns zero (0) on success, and negative one (-1) on failure.

Description

Creates a folder/directoy on the local file system.

If folder is not a simple folder/directory name, but a path to a sub-folder/sub-directory, the parent folder(s)/directory(s) specified in the path must already exist.

(only one folder/directory can be created for each request)

Examples

start GeSHi

Dim pathname As String = "foo\bar\baz"
Dim result As Long = MkDir( pathname )

If 0 <> result Then Print "error: unable to create folder " & pathname & " in the current path."

end GeSHi

Platform Differences

• Linux requires the filename case matches the real name of the file. Windows and DOS are case insensitive.
• Path separators in Linux are forward slashes / . Windows uses backward slashes \ but it allows for forward slashes . DOS uses backward \ slashes.

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• Shell
• Curdir
• Chdir
• Rmdir

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