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Re: mkdir? [message #23747]

Wed, 14 February 2001 09:48

Christopher W. O'Dell is currently offline

Christopher W. O'Dell
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Registered: February 2001

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Thanks Jeff. I'm using 5.2 still so I can't use that new
command. The spawn trick works in windows as well,
with no modifications necessary.

-Chris

Jeff Jones wrote:

> "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...)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris O'Dell
>>
>> UW-Madison Physics Dept.
>
> Here is what I do under Unix in IDL 5.1:
>
> dir = '/the/directory/im/looking/for/'
>
> ; Create the directory, if necessary.
> check = findfile( dir, count=direxists )
> if (direxists eq 0) then spawn, 'mkdir '+dir
>
> I am sure something equivalent can be done in Windows.
>
> Jeff.

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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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