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Chapter 2 - File Manager / File Manager Reference

File System Specification Routines / Creating and Deleting Files and Directories

FSpDirCreate

You can use the FSpDirCreate function to create a new directory.

FUNCTION FSpDirCreate (spec: FSSpec; scriptTag: ScriptCode; 
                        VAR createdDirID: LongInt): OSErr;

spec

An FSSpec record specifying the directory to be created.

scriptTag

The code of the script system in which the directory name is to be displayed. If you have established the name and location of the new directory using either the StandardPutFile or CustomPutFile procedure, specify the script code returned in the reply record. (See the chapter "Standard File Package" in this book for a description of StandardPutFile and CustomPutFile.) Otherwise, specify the system script by setting the scriptTag parameter to the value smSystemScript.

createdDirID

The directory ID of the directory that was created.

DESCRIPTION

The FSpDirCreate function creates a new directory and returns the directory ID of the new directory in the createdDirID parameter. Then FSpDirCreate sets the date and time of creation and last modification to the current date and time.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro and routine selector for FSpDirCreate are

Trap macro	Selector
_HighLevelHFSDispatch	$0005

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
dirFulErr	-33	File directory full
dskFulErr	-34	Disk is full
nsvErr	-35	No such volume
ioErr	-36	I/O error
bdNamErr	-37	Bad filename
fnfErr	-43	Directory not found or incomplete pathname
wPrErr	-44	Hardware volume lock
vLckdErr	-46	Software volume lock
dupFNErr	-48	Duplicate filename and version
dirNFErr	-120	Directory not found or incomplete pathname
wrgVolTypErr	-123	Not an HFS volume
afpAccessDenied	-5000	User does not have the correct access