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Creating directories using BrightScript

Jean Michel

March 12, 2016 15:18

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Is it possible to create a directory on the SD card using BrightScript? I've been able to create a file, like this:

  CreateObject("roCreateFile", "SD:/dir1/dir2/aNewFile")

However, this assumes that dir1/dir2 already exists on the SD card. If not, they are not created implicitly. I also tried this

  CreateObject("roCreateFile", "SD:/dir1/")

Hoping that it would see the trailing slash, and create a directory rather than a file. But it did not.

Since there's an API to create files, it would seem as a strange omission that those can't be created anywhere except at the root level, unless the directories have already been created by other means. So I guess I'm overlooking someghing.

-JM

PS: Using the latest 6.1.37 beta version on an XD232, fwiw.

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  Romeo March 14, 2016 12:06

  Hi,

  >Is it possible to create a directory on the SD card using BrightScript?

  Yes. as per the below info from the object reference manual:

  CreateDirectory(directory As String) As Boolean: Creates the specified directory. Only one directory can be created at a time. This method returns True upon success and False upon failure.

  so in order to create a directory, subdirectory and check that they were successfully created you could do this:

   

  Ok1 = CreateDirectory("dir1")

  print " Ok1 :  " Ok1

  Ok2 = CreateDirectory("dir1/dir2")

  print " Ok2 :  " Ok2

   

  Regards,

  Romeo

   

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  Jean Michel March 14, 2016 12:28

  Thanks! I was looking for this functionality on the roXxxFile objects, where I would have expected to find it, and not on the roGlobal object. It could make sense to improve your docs in this area, with a pointer back to the roGlobal object under the roXxxFile for additional file related functions.

  -JM

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  BrightSign TechDocs March 15, 2016 22:03

  Hi Jean Michel,

  That's a good idea. We'll add some pointers to roGlobal in the file creation entries.