creating a folder

chrisbarton has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I know this is pretty simple but I have just spent an hour searching and cannot find the answer:

how do I create a folder in perl?

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Re: creating a folder by earthboundmisfit (Chaplain) on Apr 09, 2002 at 16:23 UTC
mkdir is your friend.... update: It will work across platforms.	[reply]
Re: creating a folder by derby (Abbot) on Apr 09, 2002 at 16:23 UTC
folder in Win32 or Mac? Unless I'm missing something, check out mkdir. -derby	[reply]
Re: creating a folder by perlplexer (Hermit) on Apr 09, 2002 at 17:45 UTC
File::Path if you need to create/remove directory trees. --perlplexer	[reply]
Re: creating a folder by DigitalKitty (Parson) on Apr 10, 2002 at 04:05 UTC
Hi Chris, You could do this: `$mkdir perlStuff, 0755 or warn "Could not create the perlStuff directo +ry: $!";` [download] Thanks, -DK	[reply] [d/l]