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mkdir
makes a new directory
Calling Sequence
mkdir(dirname) mkdir(parentdir, dirname) status = mkdir( ... ) [status, msg] = mkdir( ... )
Arguments
- dirname
a character string: a directory to create.
- parentdir
a character string: a directory in which the new directory
dirname
will be created.- status
an integer: the status of the operation.
- msg
a character string: a message about an error.
Description
mkdir(dirname)
creates the directory dirname
in the current directory, if dirname
represents a relative path. Otherwise, dirname
represents an absolute path and mkdir
attempts to create the absolute directory dirname
.
mkdir(parentdir, dirname)
creates the directory dirname
in the directory parentdir
(if parentdir
is not existing it will be created), where parentdir
is an absolute or relative pathname.
[status,msg] = mkdir(parentdir, dirname)
creates the directory dirname
in the existing directory parentdir
, returning the status and the message about an error.
status |
msg |
-2 | mkdir: An error occurred: A file with the same name already exists in dirname |
0 | mkdir: An error occurred: Impossible to create directory dirname |
1 | |
2 | mkdir: An error occurred: This directory already exists in dirname |
Whatever the operating system, if the creating of directory
succeeds, the status
is 1 and the message
msg
is empty.
Examples
// Absolute pathname mkdir(TMPDIR+"/mkdir_example_1") status_2 = mkdir(TMPDIR+"/mkdir_example_2") [status_3,msg_3] = mkdir(TMPDIR+"/mkdir_example_3") // Absolute pathname (parentdir + dirname) [status_4,msg_4] = mkdir(TMPDIR,"mkdir_example_4") // Relative pathname cd TMPDIR; [status_5,msg_5] = mkdir("mkdir_example_5") [status_6,msg_6] = mkdir("mkdir_example_5/mkdir_example_6")
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