[shell] and mkdir

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Medd

I've done a bit of research on this but was wondering if someone with a bit more terminal knowledge could help me out.

I know mkdir is the command I need to make a new directory, however I'm not sure how I specify where it is created. For example I'd like to make:

"This Folder"

in

"Macintosh HD/users/me/that folder"

I've tried using jcom.folder too but what I'm looking to do is create AND delete a directory using Max for temporary storage of downloaded resources. If there is a technique that's Windows friendly too, that'd be peachy.

Thanks, I appreciate any advice!

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o s

mkdir /Users/me/Desktop/that folder/This Folder

hth ole

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pdelges

If you need a portable solution, then you should use Java instead of shell. I did a small class that, a.o., deletes files and empty folders; check https://cycling74.com/tools/mxj-filesys-v0-2-3/

The Java source is included, adding a mkdir feature shouldn't be very difficult. I may even do it myself one day...

p

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Medd

Thank you both for the advice, I'll have a look later on!

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Medd

@o s: That works but turns out I had to use \ in a message box to stop Max automatically putting double quotes around it. That's what had been giving me grief!

@Patrick Delges: I've got your Java solution downloaded for potential future reference i.e. when I actually decide to get into Java! For now I think I should be able to use [DOSHack] as a Windows alternative to [shell]?

Thanks again for your tips!

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Luke Hall

There's an external in the Jasch library that does this as well, it's OSX only but it might be worth a look.

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Dan Nigrin

Yes, Jasch has createfolder for OS X, and Bill Orcutt has mkdir for Windows.

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Medd

Thanks Luke and Dan for the tips, I'll definitely look into them. Right now [shell] is working just fine as I can name the directories based on a username (whoami-->shell-->sprintf mkdir etc.) and rmdir -r means a user can also clear temporarily downloaded files (what a savage command!)

Thanks to Dan also for the slick standalones presentation notes. I knew most of the tips but the .json viewer really speeds things up!

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pdelges

I just added a mkdir message to mxj filesys.
Untested under Windows, but I suppose it should work too...

p

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yair reshef

tested under win7, everything works
only gotcha > doesn't delete to recycle bin but straight to the great void.

thanks Patrick

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pdelges

Thanks for testing Yair,

to move to the recycle bin, I suppose you could just use mv myfile /aPathTo/theRecycleBin (sorry, I don't know the path the Win's bin).

p