mkdir

Creates a new directory.

Syntax

• mkdir(dirname)
• mkdir(parentdir, dirname)
• status = mkdir(dirname)
• status = mkdir(parentdir, dirname)
• [status, msg] = mkdir(dirname)
• [status, msg] = mkdir(parentdir, dirname)

Input argument

• dirname - a string: directory name to create
• parentdir - a string: a directory in which the dirname directory will be created

Output argument

• status - a logical true or false
• msg - a string: error message

Description

Creates a directory named dirname in the directory parent.

If no parent directory is specified the present working directory is used.

If directory is created or already existing, status is true, otherwise it will be false.

Example

mkdir(tempdir(), 'subdir_example')
if isdir([tempdir(), 'subdir_example'])
	disp('OK')
else
	disp('NOT OK')
end

See also

isdir.

History

Author

Allan CORNET