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Re: Create folder below certain file [message #90850 is a reply to message #90849]

Tue, 28 April 2015 08:02

Phillip Bitzer
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Registered: June 2006

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On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 6:58:27 AM UTC-5, Kai Heckel wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I am currently working on an IDL project in which I want to find a specified file. Once I set the definition for my "IF"-statement, I want to create a new folder below the file...
>
> So this is basically what it looks like:
>
> IF (substring_month EQ '01') then begin
> FILE_MKDIR, '/January'
> FILE_MOVE, dirname[k], 'January'
> ENDIF

Well, '/January' specifies the root directory. To create a new directory in the current working directory, use './January' instead.

Of course, this assumes the current working directory is where you find the specified file. A more robust piece of code would parse the result from whatever function you use to find the file.

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		Create folder below certain file By: Kai Heckel on Tue, 28 April 2015 04:58
		Re: Create folder below certain file By: Phillip Bitzer on Tue, 28 April 2015 08:02
		Re: Create folder below certain file By: Kai Heckel on Tue, 28 April 2015 22:52
		Re: Create folder below certain file By: Kai Heckel on Wed, 29 April 2015 01:26
		Re: Create folder below certain file By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 29 April 2015 11:51

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