Ant: The Definitive Guide

Name

mkdir

Synopsis

Creates a directory if it does not already exist. Also creates parent directories as needed.

Attributes

dir (all, File, Y)

The directory to create.

Content

None.

Example Usage

This task is commonly used in a prepare target that other targets depend on. This ensures that necessary destination directories are created before other targets are executed.

<target name="prepare">
  <mkdir dir="${builddir}"/>
                    <mkdir dir="${deploydir}/docs"/>
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="prepare">
  ...
</target>

See Also

See the delete task for information on removing files and directories.