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- MKDIR Used to create directories (Make Directories)
- on the disk that will hold a unique qroup of
- programs and files. (Can be abbrev as MD.)
-
- Format: MKDIR or MD [D:]Path:DirName
-
- Example: MKDIR \NEWDIR
-
- Creates a new directory on the CURRENT drive named
- NEWDIR. This directory is immediately available for
- storage of files and performing work in.
-
- Example: MKDIR \NEWDIR\DATA
-
- Creates a new directory on the CURRENT drive named
- \NEWDIR\DATA. The \NEWDIR directory is the PARENT
- directory of the \NEWDIR\DATA directory and it MUST
- exist prior to the creation of the \NEWDIR\DATA
- subdirectory.
-
- Example: MKDIR A:\DATABAK
-
- Creates a new directory on the diskette in drive A:
- named DATABAK.
-
-
- [*] The ROOT directory on the disk is designated by
- the "\" character. The "\" designates that it is
- a directory and the absense of a name shows that
- it is the first, or ROOT, on the disk.