# MX\_MKPATH, MX\_RMPATH

> [HTML Version](mx_mk_rm_path.htm)

_Revised and revised April 2024_

**xcall MIAMEX, MX\_MKPATH, dirspec, status**

**xcall MIAMEX, MX\_RMPATH, dirspec, status**

MX\_MKPATH (MIAMEX 38) creates a new native operating system directory. MX\_RMPATH (MIAMEX 39) deletes the specified native directory.

**Parameters**

_dirspec_  ([String)](string.htm.md)  \[in\]

the directory name. This should be in native file format, but may include embedded environment variables (e.g. %miame%\\newdir).

_status_  ([Integer](integer.htm.md))  out

will return 0 for success, else an error number. You may use MX\_ERRNOMSG to translate the error number to a text message.

**Comments**

[MX\_MKDIR](mx_mkdir.htm.md) will be invoked automatically if this function is requested under Windows. Therefore, it may be best to always use MX\_MKPATH in your application and let A-Shell decide when to convert it to MX\_MKDIR. The exception would be if your application which is running on a server (with ATE clients) wants to explicitly create a directory on the ATE client. In this case, you must use MX\_MKDIR and set the remoteflag parameter to "R."

Note that this function supports embedded environment variables, e.g.:

xcall MIAMEX,MX\_MKPATH,"%MIAME%\\901902",STATUS

In general this function will not succeed if the parent directory doesn't already exist.

**See Also**

•	[AG\_MKDIR](ag_mkdir.htm.md)