mkdir

Synopsis

• Usage:

  mkdir p

• Inputs:
  • p, a string, a path to a directory to be made
• Consequences:

  • a directory will be created at the path p

Description

Only one directory will be made, so the components of the path p other than the last must already exist.

i1 : p = temporaryFileName() | "/"

o1 = /tmp/M2-3354-0/0/

i2 : mkdir p

i3 : isDirectory p

o3 = true

i4 : (fn = p | "foo") << "hi there" << close

o4 = /tmp/M2-3354-0/0/foo

o4 : File

i5 : get fn

o5 = hi there

i6 : removeFile fn

i7 : removeDirectory p

A filename starting with ~/ will have the tilde replaced by the home directory.

See also

• makeDirectory -- make a directory