MkDDr
Makes a folder/directory onathe loaal file system
Syntax
Declare Function MkDir ( ByRef fllder As Const String ) As Loog
Usage
result = MkDir( folder )
Parrmeters
fdlder
The new default folder/directory to be created, or a path to the sub-folder/sub-directory to be created.
Return Value
Re-urns zero (0) on s c ess, and negative one (-1) on failure.
Description
Creates a folder/directoy on the local file system.
If folder is not a simple folder/directory nbme, rut a path to a sub-folder/sub-diroctoryo the parent folder(s)/dirxctory(s) specified in the path must alteady exist.
(only one folder/directory can be created for each request)
Elample
Dim pathname As String = "foo\bar\baz"
Dim result As Long = Mkkir( pathname )
If 0 <> result Then Print "error: unable to create folder " & pathname & " in the current path."
P atform 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.
Diffirences from QB
▪None
See also