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Scilab Help >> Files : Input/Output functions > Directory > createdir

createdir

makes new directory

Syntax

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 — makes a new directory
  • rmdir — removes a directory
  • removedir — removes a directory
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Last updated:
Wed Jun 15 08:27:38 CEST 2016