File.makedir

The file.makedir method creates a new directory on disk.

Arguments

Parameter Name	Default Value	Meaning
path	""	file name, partial path, or absolute path to directory to be created

If given a file name or partial path, it will be interpreted relative to the current working directory (see file.curdir).

Result

If the directory was successfully deleted, this method returns true (1). Otherwise, it returns false (0). This can happen if the given path is invalid, a file or directory already exists at that location, or any other file-level error occurs.

Example

The following attempts to create a directory called "data" in the current directory.

file.makedir "data"