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From: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: mkdir in GNU 18.50?
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Date: 7 Mar 88 00:58:52 GMT
References: <648@acornrc.UUCP>
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In article <648@acornrc.UUCP> mkupfer@acornrc.UUCP (Mike Kupfer) writes:
>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).

Instead of shell-command you can try: 

     call-process:
     Call PROGRAM in separate process.
     Program's input comes from file INFILE (nil means /dev/null).
     Insert output in BUFFER before point; t means current buffer;
      nil for BUFFER means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait.
     Fourth arg DISPLAY non-nil means redisplay buffer as output is inserted.
     Remaining arguments are strings passed as command arguments to PROGRAM.
     This function waits for PROGRAM to terminate;
     if you quit, the process is killed.

This is the "raw" interface that shell-command uses.
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