directoryCreate Code Examples and CFML Documentation

Argument Reference

Absolute path of the directory to be created. Alternatively, you can specify an IP address, as in the following example:

DirectoryCreate("//12.3.123.123/c_drive/test". 
NOTE: You have to have the required permissions to run this function.

);

Lucee Only. Create parent directory when it doesn't exist.

Lucee Only. Pass false (default) to throw an error if the directory already exists, or true to skip the create operation without an error.

Examples

Sample code invoking the directoryCreate function

Checking if a directory called 'icons' exists and then creating the directory if it does not exist.

if (!directoryExists(expandPath('/assets/img/icons'))) {
	directoryCreate('assets/img/icons');
}

Expected Result: The directory 'icons' will be created under the img folder.

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