Name
md or mkdir
Synopsis
Create a new directory (folder).
Syntax
md [drive
:]path
mkdir [drive
:]path
Description
Windows XP, like its predecessors, uses a hierarchical directory structure to organize its filesystem. On any physical disk, the filesystem begins with the root directory, signified by a lone backslash.
md
and mkdir
accept the
following option:
-
[drive:]path
Specifies the directory to create.
Examples
Create a subdirectory named harry
in the current
directory:
C:\tom\dick>md harry
Create a new directory called newdir
under the
c:\olddir
directory:
C:\>md c:\olddir\newdir
If c:\olddir
doesn’t exist, it
will be created as well.
Create two new directories, c:\rolling
and
c:\stones
:
C:\>md rolling stones
Create a single new directory, c:\rolling
stones
:
C:\>md "rolling stones"
(Enclose directory names in quotation marks to accommodate spaces).
Notes
The
md
andmkdir
commands are functionally identical.You can also create new folders in Windows Explorer by going to File → New → Folder.
You may indicate an absolute or relative path for the path parameter. When absolute, the new directory is created as specified from the root directory. When relative, the directory is created in relation to the current directory.
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