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Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:14 pm**

Here's my code:

gMyDir.s = "~/mydir"
Debug CreateDirectory(gMyDir.s)

Always returns 0

The problem lies in the "~" which is the wildcard to the home directory. It works with a fully qualified path, i.e. "/home/user/mydir", but I won't know this so how can I achieve this directory creation with the wildcard?

Thanks

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:20 pm**

Why not simple use:

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gMyDir.s = GetHomeDirectory() + "mydir"
Debug CreateDirectory(gMyDir.s)

?

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:29 pm**

~ is expanded by the shell. It's not a part of the filesystem. PB's file commands doesn't go through a shell.

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:59 pm**

GetHomeDirectory() worked.

Thanks for the tips guys.

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CreateDirectory - I can't get it to work

CreateDirectory - I can't get it to work