Scilab Function
Last update : 19/03/2142

mkdir - Make new directory

Calling Sequence

mkdir('dirname')
mkdir('parentdir','newdir')
status=mkdir( ... )
[status,msg]=mkdir( ... )

Description

mkdir('dirname') creates the directory dirname in the current directory, if dirname represents a relative path.

mkdir('parentdir','dirname') creates the directory dirname in the existing directory parentdir, where parentdir is an absolute or relative pathname.

[status,message] = mkdir(...,'dirname') creates the directory dirname in the existing directory parentdir, returning the status, a message. Here, status is 1 for success, 2 if it already exists, and 0 otherwise.

Examples

rmdir(SCI + '/Directory'); //remove the directory if it exists
mkdir(SCI,'Directory')
status=mkdir(SCI,'Directory')
[status,msg] = mkdir(SCI,'Directory')
rmdir(SCI+'/Directory')
  

See Also

cd ,   dir ,   rmdir ,  

Authors

A.C