IBM Lotus Symphony


MkDir Statement [Runtime]

Creates a new directory on a data medium.

Syntax:

MkDir Text As String

Parameters:

Text: Any string expression that specifies the name and path of the directory to be created. You can also use URL notation.

If the path is not determined, the directory is created in the current directory.

Error Codes

5 Invalid procedure call

76 Path not found

Example:

Sub ExampleFileIO

' Example for functions of the file organization

Const sFile1 as String = "file://c|/autoexec.bat"

Const sDir1 as String = "file://c|/Temp"

Const sSubDir1 as String ="Test"

Const sFile2 as String = "Copied.tmp"

Const sFile3 as String = "Renamed.tmp"

Dim sFile as String

sFile = sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1

ChDir( sDir1 )

If Dir(sSubDir1,16)="" then ' Does the directory exist ?

MkDir sSubDir1

MsgBox sFile,0,"Create directory"

End If

sFile = sFile + "/" + sFile2

FileCopy sFile1 , sFile

MsgBox fSysURL(CurDir()),0,"Current directory"

MsgBox sFile & Chr(13) & FileDateTime( sFile ),0,"Creation time"

MsgBox sFile & Chr(13)& FileLen( sFile ),0,"File length"

MsgBox sFile & Chr(13)& GetAttr( sFile ),0,"File attributes"

Name sFile as sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1 + "/" + sFile3

' Rename in the same directory

sFile = sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1 + "/" + sFile3

SetAttr( sFile, 0 ) 'Delete all attributes

MsgBox sFile & Chr(13) & GetAttr( sFile ),0,"New file attributes"

Kill sFile

RmDir sDir1 + "/" + sSubDir1

end sub

' Converts a system path in URL

Function fSysURL( fSysFp as String ) as String

Dim iPos As String

iPos = 1

iPos = Instr(iPos,fSysFp, getPathSeparator())

do while iPos > 0

mid( fSysFp, iPos , 1,"/")

iPos = Instr(iPos+1,fSysFp, getPathSeparator())

loop

' the colon with DOS

iPos = Instr(1,fSysFp,":")

if iPos > 0 then mid( fSysFp, iPos , 1,"|")

fSysURL = "file://" & fSysFp

End Function


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