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Re: mkdir? [message #23755 is a reply to message #23752]

Tue, 13 February 2001 19:17

Wayne Landsman
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Registered: January 1997

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"Christopher W. O'Dell" wrote:

> Is there anyway to create a directory in your OS from within
> IDL?
> I keep running into problems using the SAVE function, when I
> have forgotten to create the directory to which I am
> saving. I just want to add a line of code that checks if
> the directory exists, and if it doesn't it makes the
> directory.
> BTW, I'm running on a Windows platform (your are welcome to
> make fun of me at this point...)

If you have V5.4 you can use FILE_TEST( /DIR) to test if a directory
exists, and FILE_MKDIR to create a directory. If you have an earlier
IDL version you can try to CD to the directory and catch any errors (as
in http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/solarsoft/gen/idl/system/is_d ir.pro)
and SPAWN to create a directory.

Wayne
Landsman
landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov

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		Re: mkdir? By: Christopher W. O'Dell on Wed, 14 February 2001 09:48
		Re: mkdir? By: Jeff Jones on Wed, 14 February 2001 07:19
		Re: mkdir? By: davidf on Wed, 14 February 2001 08:25
		Re: mkdir? By: Wayne Landsman on Tue, 13 February 2001 19:17

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