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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

Version Description
1.0.0 initial version
1.4.0 input arguments support scalar string array type

Author

Allan CORNET

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