Re: mkdir?

[Jeff Jones <jeffrey.a.jones.1(at)gsfc.nasa.gov>]

"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.