DirectoryCreate

Creates a directory

Method Signature

DirectoryCreate(path=[string], createPath=[boolean], ignoreExists=[boolean], mode=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
path	string	true	The directory path to create
createPath	boolean	false	[true] Whether to create all paths necessary to create the directory path	true
ignoreExists	boolean	false	[false] Whether to ignore if a directory already exists	false
mode	string	false	When provided will attempt to set the posix permissions on the directory

Examples

Script Syntax

Checking if a directory called 'icons' exists and then creating the directory if it does not exist.

Run Example

if( !directoryExists( expandPath( "/assets/img/icons" ) ) ) {
	directoryCreate( "assets/img/icons" );
}

Result: The directory 'icons' will be created under the img folder.

Additional Examples

Run Example

// This will create parent directory when not exist
directoryCreate( expandPath( "images/uploads" ), true, true );

Related

• ContractPath

• CreateTempDirectory

• CreateTempFile

• DirectoryCopy

• DirectoryDelete

• DirectoryExists

• DirectoryList

• DirectoryMove

• DirectoryRename

• ExpandPath

• FileAppend

• FileClose

• FileCopy

• FileDelete

• FileExists

• FileGetMimeType

• FileInfo

• FileIsEOF

• FileMove

• FileOpen

• FileRead

• FileReadBinary

• FileReadLine

• FileSeek

• FileSetAccessMode

• FileSetAttribute

• FileSetLastModified

• FileSkipBytes

• FileWrite

• FileWriteLine

• GetCanonicalPath

• GetDirectoryFromPath

• GetFileInfo

• getTempFile