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Re: Basic - establishing a directory

Subject Re: Basic - establishing a directory
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
From Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk>
Date 2020-09-23 16:34 +0100
Message-ID <532e8fb458.Alan.Adams@ArmX6.adamshome.org.uk> (permalink)
References <9a3486b458.graham@graham.durain.uk>
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In message <9a3486b458.graham@graham.durain.uk>
          Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

> Computer System is on a Laptop Lenovo using RISCBOOKQUAD
> using Windows Pro 7. RISCOS 4.02. Programming in Basic.

> I want to WITHIN a Basic program
> (i) check whether a particular directory is present at for instance
> 
> (ii) if not to establish an empty directory entitled Trial at that
> location HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Deposits.Trial

> Getting old aren't we all! Probably quite simple but for some reason
> it's eluding me. Can anyone produce suitable Basic or point me in the
> right direction.

> Sorry if this is really trivial.

*cdir HostFS::HardDisc4.$.Deposits.Trial
will create it if it doesn't exist, and doesn't error if it did exist.

-- 
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan@adamshome.org.uk
http://www.nckc.org.uk/

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Basic - establishing a directory Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> - 2020-09-23 14:56 +0100
  Re: Basic - establishing a directory Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-09-23 16:34 +0100
    Re: Basic - establishing a directory Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> - 2020-09-23 16:56 +0100
    Re: Basic - establishing a directory Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2020-09-23 18:00 +0100
      Re: Basic - establishing a directory Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> - 2020-09-24 09:29 +0100
        Re: Basic - establishing a directory Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2020-09-24 10:19 +0100
          Re: Basic - establishing a directory Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-09-24 11:30 +0100
            Re: Basic - establishing a directory svrsig <chris@svrsig.org> - 2020-10-20 09:54 -0700
  Re: Basic - establishing a directory Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2020-09-23 17:42 +0100

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