78.2 Directory operations

Function: chdir (dir) ¶

Change to directory dir

Function: mkdir (dir) ¶

Create directory dir

Function: rmdir (dir) ¶

remove directory dir

Function: getcurrentdirectory () ¶

returns the current working directory.

See also directory.

Examples:

(%i1) load("operatingsystem")$
(%i2) mkdir("testdirectory")$
(%i3) chdir("testdirectory")$
(%i4) chdir("..")$
(%i5) rmdir("testdirectory")$