CREATE FOLDER

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CREATE FOLDER


CREATE FOLDER ( folderPath {; *} )

Parameter	Type	Description
folderPath	String	Pathname to new folder to create
*	Operator	Create folder hierarchy

Description

The CREATE FOLDER command creates a folder according to the pathname you pass in folderPath.

If you pass a name in folderPath, the folder is created in the database folder.

In folderPath, you can also pass a folder hierarchy starting from the root of the volume or from the database folder (in this case, the string must end with a folder separator).
If you omit the * parameter, an error is generated and no folder is created if any one of the intermediary folders does not exist.
If you pass the * parameter, CREATE FOLDER recreates the folder hierarchy if necessary and no error is generated. In this case, you can also pass a document pathname in folderPath. The document name is then ignored but the folder hierarchy specified in folderPath is created recursively

Example 1

The following example creates the “Archives” folder in the folder of the database:

CREATE FOLDER("Archives")

Example 2

The following example creates the Archives folder in the folder of the database, then it creates the “January” and “February” subfolders:

 CREATE FOLDER("Archives")

 CREATE FOLDER("Archives\\January")

 CREATE FOLDER("Archives\\February")

 CREATE FOLDER("C:\\Archives\\2011\\February\\Doc.txt";*)

  // the "Doc.txt" file is ignored

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