The mkdir (make directory) command in the Unix, DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems is used to make a new directory. The underlying system call is also called mkdir(). In DOS, OS/2 and Windows the command is often abbreviated to md.
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How to mkdir only if a directory does not already exist?
I am writing a shell script to run under the KornShell (ksh) on AIX. I would like to use the mkdir command to create a directory. But the directory may already exist, in which case I do not want to do anything. So I want to either test to see that…
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mkdir -p functionality in Python
Is there a way to get functionality similar to mkdir -p on the shell from within Python. I am looking for a solution other than a system call. I am sure the code is less than 20 lines, and I am wondering if someone has already written it?
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Is there a way to make mv create the directory to be moved to if it doesn't exist?
So, if I'm in my home directory and I want to move foo.c to ~/bar/baz/foo.c , but those directories don't exist, is there some way to have those directories automatically created, so that you would only have to type
mv foo.c ~/bar/baz/
and…
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How to create new folder?
I want to put output information of my program to a folder. if given folder does not exist, then the program should create a new folder with folder name as given in the program. Is this possible? If yes, please let me know how.
Suppose I have given…
alex
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Bash mkdir and subfolders
Why I can't do something like this? mkdir folder/subfolder/ in order to achive this I have to do:
mkdir folder
cd folder
mkdir subfolder
Is there a better way to do it?
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mkdir if not exists using golang
I am learning golang(beginner) and I have been searching on both google and stackoverflow but I could not find an answer so excuse me if already asked, but how can I mkdir if not exists in golang.
For example in node I would use fs-extra with the…
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How to create a directory and give permission in single command
How to create a directory and give permission in single command in Linux?
I have to create lots of folder with full permission 777.
Commands
mkdir path/foldername
chmod 777 path/foldername
I don't like to create and give permission in two…
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How to create nested directories using Mkdir in Golang?
I am trying to create a set of nested directories from a Go executable such as 'dir1/dir2/dir3'. I have succeeded in creating a single directory with this line:
os.Mkdir("." + string(filepath.Separator) + c.Args().First(),0777);
However, I have no…
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Vim: Creating parent directories on save
If I invoke vim foo/bar/somefile but foo/bar don't already exist, Vim refuses to save.
I know I could switch to a shell or do :!mkdir foo/bar from Vim but I'm lazy :)
Is there a way to make Vim do that automatically when it saves the buffer?
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What is equivalent to Linux mkdir -p in Windows?
In Linux, mkdir -p creates a folder tree.
What is the equivalent option in Windows to create a folder tree? Is there any?
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Does Ruby have mkdir -p?
Possible Duplicate:
How to create directories recursively in ruby?
In Ruby, how could I do:
mkdir -p cool/beans
Here's what I came up with:
Dir.mkdir('cool') unless File.directory?('cool')
cool_beans_path = File.join('cool',…
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Recursive mkdir() system call on Unix
After reading the mkdir(2) man page for the Unix system call with that name, it appears that the call doesn't create intermediate directories in a path, only the last directory in the path. Is there any way (or other function) to create all the…
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Why can't PHP create a directory with 777 permissions?
I'm trying to create a directory on my server using PHP with the command:
mkdir("test", 0777);
But it doesn't give full permissions, only these:
rwxr-xr-x
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python mkdir to make folder with subfolder?
This works:
mkdir('folder')
but this doesn't
mkdir('folder/subfolder')
error:
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'folder/subfolder'
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os.mkdir(path) returns OSError when directory does not exist
I am calling os.mkdir to create a folder with a certain set of generated data. However, even though the path I specified has not been created, the os.mkdir(path) raises an OSError that the path already exists.
For example, I…
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