Create Directory

vvvv beta general
1

How would I create and delete Directories from within vvvv?
thanks,
Eno.

or how would the sell exec line be?

2

shellexecute for some reason does not execute the built-in DOS commands like mkdir. it just executes commands physically existing as .exe, .com or .bat files. so you need to create a batch file which calls the built in command and takes the directory as a parameter:

so for now you need to create a file e.g. makedirectory.bat containing somethink like
mkdir %1

then you can shellexectute that file with the directory as a parameter.

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/BatBasic.html
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/Bat-Adv.html

i can imagine there is some easier way to explicitely call a command interpreter with any built in command as a parameter but i had not yet the time to find that out…

3

ja.

in ShellExecutes first input you set the path to command.com like e.g.:
C:\Windows\System32\command.com

then as command line arguments you give it something like:
/c mkdir c:\test

where /c instructs command.com to execute the built-in DOS commands.

4

/c mkdir c:\test

works for me.

but since you know im a windows bum - how do i include directories with spaces in the path? i tried double quotes and smartquotes …

5

Anonymous:
/c mkdir c:\test

works for me.

but since you know im a windows bum - how do i include directories with spaces in the path? i tried double quotes and smartquotes …

and, can i create directories not being all capital letters?

6

got me. i know direct sollution to this. oschatzs method should offer all features.

usually " quotes would mark paths with spaces. but with command.com they seem not to be allowed. and why it makes all pathes in captials i have no idea either.

7

halloha. funzt.