MAKEDIR()

Create a new directory

Syntax

MAKEDIR( <cDirectory> ) --> nError

Arguments

<cDirectory> The name of the directory you want to create.

Returns

<nError> 0 if directory was successfully changed, otherwise the number of the last error.

Description

This function attempt to create a new directory with the name contained in <cDirectory>.If this function fail, the it will return the last OS error code number.See FERROR() function for the description of the error

      cDir:= "Temp"
      If (MAKEDIR( cDir)==0)
          ? "Directory ",cDir," successfully created
      Endif
Tests
      See examples

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is CA Clipper 5.3 compliant

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• DIRCHANGE()
• DIRREMOVE()
• ISDISK()
• DISKCHANGE()
• DISKNAME()
• FERROR()