[AmigaOS 3.1 Command Reference\MakeDir]
MAKEDIR
Format: MAKEDIR {<name>}
Template: NAME/M
Purpose: To create a new directory.
Path: C:MAKEDIR
Specification:
MAKEDIR creates a new, empty directories with the names you specify. The
command works within only one directory level at a time, so any directories
on the given paths must already exist. The command fails if a directory or a
file of the same name already exists in the directory in which you are
attempting to create a new directory.
MAKEDIR does not create a drawer icon for the new directory.
Example 1:
1> MAKEDIR Tests
Creates a directory Tests in the current directory.
Example 2:
1> MAKEDIR DF1:Xyz
Creates a directory Xyz in the root directory of the disk in DF1:.
Example 3:
1> CD DF0:
1> MAKEDIR Documents Payables Orders
Creates three directories, Documents, Payables, and Orders, on the disk
in DF0:.
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