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From: mkupfer@acornrc.UUCP (Mike Kupfer)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: mkdir in GNU 18.50?
Message-ID: <648@acornrc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 88 23:07:18 GMT
Organization: Olivetti Research Center, Menlo Park
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I'm writing some Emacs lisp that creates a directory and populates it
with various files.  I can't seem to find a function that creates a
directory.  The best I've been able to do is use shell-command, which
means that errors are handled by popping up a window with the error
message in it (blech).

Question #1: Am I missing something, or is 18.50 really missing a
mkdir function?

Question #2: If I really have to write my own, is there a better way to
do it in Lisp, or is shell-command the best I can do?  (I don't want to
bother writing a new primitive in C - this is as much an exercise in
learning Emacs lisp as it is an attempt to produce useful code.)

thanks,
mike
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Mike Kupfer
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