MkDirfunction

Makes a folder/directory on the local file system

Operating System Functionsfunctiondocumented

Syntax

Declare Function MkDir ( ByRef folder As Const String ) As Long

Parameters

Name		Description
`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)

Remarks

Usage



result = MkDir( folder )

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

Example

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."

Reference

Documented in KeyPgMkdir.html