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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">MkDir Statement</title>
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<bookmark_value>MkDir statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3156421" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020411.xhp" name="MkDir Statement">MkDir Statement</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147000" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Creates a new directory on a data medium.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148520" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155150" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">MkDir Text As String</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3156027" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153750" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that specifies the name and path of the directory to be created. You can also use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp" name="URL notation">URL notation</link>.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153311" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If the path is not determined, the directory is created in the current directory.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3155388" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341385136" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleFileIO</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149762" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' Example for functions of the file organization</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341382112" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Const sFile1 As String = "file://c|/autoexec.bat"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341380848" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Const sDir1 As String = "file://c|/Temp"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149669" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Const sSubDir1 As String ="Test"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148663" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Const sFile2 As String = "Copied.tmp"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154071" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Const sFile3 As String = "Renamed.tmp"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341374400" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sFile As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341373168" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sFile = sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341371920" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> ChDir( sDir1 )</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154217" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> If Dir(sSubDir1,16)="" Then ' Does the directory exist?</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341368880" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> MkDir sSubDir1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147228" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sFile,0,"Create directory"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341365904" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> End If</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341364672" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sFile = sFile + "/" + sFile2</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341363424" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> FileCopy sFile1 , sFile</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153770" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox fSysURL(CurDir()),0,"Current directory"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3159154" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sFile & Chr(13) & FileDateTime( sFile ),0,"Creation time"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149484" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sFile & Chr(13)& FileLen( sFile ),0,"File length"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152885" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sFile & Chr(13)& GetAttr( sFile ),0,"File attributes"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341354896" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Name sFile As sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1 + "/" + sFile3</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153952" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> ' Rename in the same directory</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341351856" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sFile = sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1 + "/" + sFile3</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147426" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> SetAttr( sFile, 0 ) 'Delete all attributes</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148647" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sFile & Chr(13) & GetAttr( sFile ),0,"New file attributes"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341346992" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Kill sFile</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341345760" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> RmDir sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341344512" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153157" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150092" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' Converts a system path in URL</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341100304" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Function fSysURL( fSysFp As String ) As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341099040" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iPos As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341097808" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iPos = 1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341096576" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iPos = Instr(iPos,fSysFp, getPathSeparator())</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341095312" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Do While iPos > 0</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341093984" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Mid( fSysFp, iPos , 1,"/")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341092768" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iPos = Instr(iPos+1,fSysFp, getPathSeparator())</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341091504" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Loop</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156276" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> ' the colon with DOS</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341088544" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iPos = Instr(1,fSysFp,":")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341087296" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> If iPos > 0 Then Mid( fSysFp, iPos , 1,"|")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341085952" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> fSysURL = "file://" & fSysFp</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341084688" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Function</paragraph>
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