Create a file

In this task, the job is to create a new empty file called "output.txt" of size 0 bytes and an empty directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.

4DOS Batch

<lang 4dos>echos > output.txt mkdir docs

echos > \output.txt mkdir \docs</lang>

Ada

Notes:

Use Streams_IO to write 0 bytes. File creation with Ada.Text_IO does not create 0 byte files (it inserts EOL/EOF).
The forward slash (/) notation works in Windows XP as well as Unix/Linux.

<lang ada>with Ada.Streams.Stream_IO, Ada.Directories; use Ada.Streams.Stream_IO, Ada.Directories;

procedure File_Creation is

  File_Handle : File_Type;

begin

  Create (File_Handle, Out_File, "output.txt");
  Close (File_Handle);
  Create_Directory("docs");
  Create (File_Handle, Out_File, "/output.txt");
  Close (File_Handle);
  Create_Directory("/docs");

end File_Creation;</lang>

Aikido

<lang aikido> var sout = openout ("output.txt") // in current dir sout.close()

var sout1 = openout ("/output.txt") // in root dir sout1.close()

mkdir ("docs") mkdir ("/docs")

</lang>

Aime

<lang aime># Make a directory using the -mkdir- program void mkdir(text p) {

   sshell ss;

   b_cast(ss_path(ss), "mkdir");

   l_append(ss_argv(ss), "mkdir");
   l_append(ss_argv(ss), p);

   ss_link(ss);

}

void create_file(text p) {

   file f;

   f_open(f, p, OPEN_CREATE | OPEN_TRUNCATE | OPEN_WRITEONLY, 00644);

}

void create_pair(text prefix) {

   create_file(cat(prefix, "output.txt"));
   mkdir(cat(prefix, "docs"));

}

integer main(void) {

   create_pair("");
   create_pair("/");

   return 0;

}</lang>

ALGOL 68

Note: file names are Operating System dependent.

ALGOL 68G does not support pages, and "set" procedure only has 2 arguments.
ELLA ALGOL 68 also encounters problems with "set" page on linux.

Works with: ALGOL 68 version Standard - no extensions to language used

It may be best to to use an operating system provided library. <lang algol68>main:(

 INT errno;

 PROC touch = (STRING file name)INT:
 BEGIN
   FILE actual file;
   INT errno := open(actual file, file name, stand out channel);
   IF errno NE 0 THEN GO TO stop touch FI;
   close(actual file); # detach the book and keep it #
   errno
 EXIT
 stop touch:
     errno
 END;

 errno := touch("input.txt");
 errno := touch("/input.txt");

 # ALGOL 68 has no concept of directories,
   however a file can have multiple pages,
   the pages are identified by page number only #

 PROC mkpage = (STRING file name, INT page x)INT:
 BEGIN
   FILE actual file;
   INT errno := open(actual file, file name, stand out channel);
   IF errno NE 0 THEN GO TO stop mkpage FI;
   set(actual file,page x,1,1); # skip to page x, line 1, character 1 #
   close(actual file); # detach the new page and keep it #
   errno
 EXIT
 stop mkpage:
     errno
 END;

 errno := mkpage("input.txt",2);

)</lang>

APL

<lang APL> 'output.txt' ⎕ncreate ¯1+⌊/0,⎕nnums

     '\output.txt' ⎕ncreate ¯1+⌊/0,⎕nnums
     ⎕mkdir 'Docs'
     ⎕mkdir '\Docs'</lang>

AppleScript

AppleScript itself has limited built-in File System access, but folders (directories) can be created by controlling the Mac OS Finder, and files can be created and accessed using the Standard Additions (osax) scripting addition included with AppleScript. Also, the Finder has no concept of the working directory (as it is a GUI). You can however target the frontmost Finder window that is open.

Create a zero-byte text file on the startup disk (root directory). Note: the close command is a memory allocation housekeeping command that should be performed once file access is complete. <lang AppleScript >close (open for access "output.txt")</lang> Create a new folder (directory) on the startup disk (root directory). <lang AppleScript >tell application "Finder" to make new folder at startup disk with properties {name:"docs"}</lang> Create a zero-byte text file in the frontmost (open) Finder window. <lang AppleScript >tell application "Finder" to set wd to target of window 1 as string close (open for access wd & "output.txt")</lang> Create a new folder (directory) in the frontmost (open) Finder window. <lang AppleScript >tell application "Finder" to make new folder at window 1 with properties {name:"docs"}</lang> --Apl.way 21:20, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

AutoHotkey

<lang AutoHotkey>FileAppend,,output.txt FileCreateDir, docs FileAppend,,c:\output.txt FileCreateDir, c:\docs</lang>

AWK

<lang awk>BEGIN {

 printf "" > "output.txt"
 close("output.txt")
 printf "" > "/output.txt"
 close("/output.txt")
 system("mkdir docs")
 system("mkdir /docs")

}</lang>

Axe

Since the TI-OS does not have a true filesystem, this task is emulated using an application variable instead of a file. <lang axe>GetCalc("appvOUTPUT",0)</lang>

BASIC

<lang qbasic>OPEN "output.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS 1 CLOSE OPEN "\output.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS 1 CLOSE</lang>

Batch File

<lang dos>copy nul output.txt copy nul \output.txt</lang>

BBC BASIC

Works with: BBC BASIC for Windows

<lang bbcbasic> CLOSE #OPENOUT("output.txt")

     CLOSE #OPENOUT("\output.txt")
     *MKDIR docs
     *MKDIR \docs</lang>

Bracmat

<lang bracmat>put$(,"output.txt",NEW)</lang> Or <lang bracmat>fil$("output.txt",w)</lang> In the latter case the file is still open, so unless the file is implicitly flushed and closed by ending the Bracmat program, you would want to close it explicitly: <lang bracmat>fil$(,SET,-1)</lang> To create a directory we are dependent on the underlying OS. In DOS: <lang bracmat>sys$"mkdir docs"</lang> And in the file system root: <lang bracmat>sys$"mkdir \\docs"</lang>

C

ISO C (directory creation not supported): <lang c>#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

 FILE *fh = fopen("output.txt", "w");
 fclose(fh);

 return 0;

}</lang>

POSIX:

Works with: POSIX

<lang c>#include <sys/stat.h>

include <unistd.h>
include <fcntl.h>

int main() { /* permissions are before umask */

 int fd = open("output.txt", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0640); /* rights 0640 for rw-r----- */
 /* or equivalently:
    int fd = creat("output.txt", 0640); */ /* rights 0640 for rw-r----- */
 close(fd);

 mkdir("docs", 0750); /* rights 0750 for rwxr-x--- */

 return 0;

}</lang>

(for creation in the filesystem root, replace the filenames by "/output.txt" and "/docs")

ChucK

This creates a file in root: <lang c> FileIO text; text.open("output.txt", FileIO.WRITE); </lang>

C++

Uses some Microsoft library: <lang cpp>#include <fstream>

include <direct.h>

int main() { std::fstream f( "output.txt", std::ios::out ); f.close(); f.open( "/output.txt", std::ios::out ); f.close();

_mkdir( "docs" ); _mkdir( "/docs" );

return 0; }</lang>

C#

<lang csharp>using System; using System.IO;

class Program {

   static void Main(string[] args) {
       File.Create("output.txt");
       File.Create(@"\output.txt");

       Directory.CreateDirectory("docs");
       Directory.CreateDirectory(@"\docs");
   }

}</lang>

Clojure

<lang lisp>(import '(java.io File)) (.createNewFile (new File "output.txt")) (.mkdir (new File "docs")) (.createNewFile (File. (str (File/separator) "output.txt"))) (.mkdir (File. (str (File/separator) "docs")))</lang>

COBOL

Works with: GnuCOBOL

and other compilers with the system call extensions

<lang COBOL> identification division.

      program-id. create-a-file.

      data division.
      working-storage section.
      01 skip                 pic 9 value 2.
      01 file-name.
         05 value "/output.txt".
      01 dir-name.
         05 value "/docs".
      01 file-handle          usage binary-long.

      procedure division.
      files-main.

     *> create in current working directory
      perform create-file-and-dir

     *> create in root of file system, will fail without privilege
      move 1 to skip
      perform create-file-and-dir

      goback.

      create-file-and-dir.
     *> create file in current working dir, for read/write
      call "CBL_CREATE_FILE" using file-name(skip:) 3 0 0 file-handle
      if return-code not equal 0 then
          display "error: CBL_CREATE_FILE " file-name(skip:) ": "
                  file-handle ", " return-code upon syserr
      end-if

     *> create dir below current working dir, owner/group read/write
      call "CBL_CREATE_DIR" using dir-name(skip:)
      if return-code not equal 0 then
          display "error: CBL_CREATE_DIR " dir-name(skip:) ": "
                  return-code upon syserr
      end-if
      .

      end program create-a-file.</lang>

Output:

prompt$ cobc -xj create-a-file.cob
error: CBL_CREATE_FILE /output.txt: -0000000001, +000000035
error: CBL_CREATE_DIR /docs: +000000128

Errors due to running sample without root permissions.

prompt$ ls -larct
...
-rw-rw-r--  1 rosetta rosetta   1279 Jun  1 08:14 create-a-file.cob
-rwxrwxr-x  1 rosetta rosetta  13896 Jun  1 08:17 create-a-file
-rw-rw-r--  1 rosetta rosetta      0 Jun  1 08:17 output.txt
drwxrwx---  2 rosetta rosetta   4096 Jun  1 08:17 docs
drwxrwxr-x  5 rosetta rosetta  12288 Jun  1 08:17 .

Common Lisp

Lisp provides open and close commands for I/O with files<lang lisp>(let ((stream (open "output.txt" :direction :output)))

 (close stream))</lang>

but it is more common to use with-open-file which has better exception handling. <lang lisp>(with-open-file (stream "output.txt" :direction :output)

   ;; use the stream here
)</lang>

As lisp is capable of being run on many different platforms and no assumptions should be made about the filesystem there are functions to construct paths in a platform independent manner <lang lisp>(let ((paths (list (make-pathname :directory '(:relative "docs"))

                    (make-pathname :directory '(:absolute "docs")))))
 (mapcar #'ensure-directories-exist paths))</lang>

So creating a file called output.txt with an absolute path in the root directory becomes: <lang lisp>(with-open-file

   (stream 
       (make-pathname :directory '(:absolute "") :name "output.txt")
       :direction :output))</lang>

On the other hand, if you may depend on the platform's pathname syntax then shorter notation may be used: <lang lisp>(mapcar #'ensure-directories-exist '(#p"docs/" #p"/docs/")))</lang>

D

For file creation, std.file.write function & std.stream.file class are used.
For dir creation, std.file.mkdir is used. <lang d>module fileio ; import std.stdio ; import std.path ; import std.file ; import std.stream ;

string[] genName(string name){

 string cwd  = curdir ~ sep ; // on current directory
 string root = sep ;          // on root 
 name = std.path.getBaseName(name) ;  
 return [cwd ~ name, root ~ name] ;

} void Remove(string target){

 if(exists(target)){
   if (isfile(target)) 
     std.file.remove(target);
   else
     std.file.rmdir(target) ;
 }

} void testCreate(string filename, string dirname){

 // files:
 foreach(fn ; genName(filename))
   try{
     writefln("file to be created : %s", fn) ;
     std.file.write(fn, cast(void[])null) ; 
     writefln("\tsuccess by std.file.write") ; Remove(fn) ;
     (new std.stream.File(fn, FileMode.OutNew)).close() ; 
     writefln("\tsuccess by std.stream") ; Remove(fn) ;
   } catch(Exception e) {
     writefln(e.msg) ;
   }
 // dirs:
 foreach(dn ; genName(dirname))
   try{
     writefln("dir to be created : %s", dn) ;
     std.file.mkdir(dn) ; 
     writefln("\tsuccess by std.file.mkdir") ; Remove(dn) ;
   } catch(Exception e) {
     writefln(e.msg) ;
   }

} void main(){

 writefln("== test: File & Dir Creation ==") ;
 testCreate("output.txt", "docs") ;

}</lang>

Delphi

These functions illustrate two methods for creating text files in Delphi: standard text file I/O and filestreams.

<lang Delphi> program createFile;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses

 Classes,
 SysUtils;

const

 filename = 'output.txt';

var

 cwdPath,
 fsPath: string;

// Create empty file in current working directory function CreateEmptyFile1: Boolean; var

 f: textfile;

begin

 // Make path to the file to be created
 cwdPath := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) + '1_'+filename;

 // Create file
 AssignFile(f,cwdPath);
 {$I-}
 Rewrite(f);
 {$I+}
 Result := IOResult = 0;
 CloseFile(f);

end;

// Create empty file in filesystem root function CreateEmptyFile2: Boolean; var

 f: textfile;

begin

 // Make path to the file to be created
 fsPath := ExtractFileDrive(ParamStr(0)) + '\' + '2_'+filename;

 // Create file
 AssignFile(f,fsPath);
 {$I-}
 Rewrite(f);
 {$I+}
 Result := IOResult = 0;
 CloseFile(f);

end;

function CreateEmptyFile3: Boolean; var

 fs: TFileStream;

begin

 // Make path to the file to be created
 cwdPath := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) + '3_'+filename;

 // Create file
 fs := TFileStream.Create(cwdPath,fmCreate);
 fs.Free;
 Result := FileExists(cwdPath);

end;

function CreateEmptyFile4: Boolean; var

 fs: TFileStream;

begin

 // Make path to the file to be created
 fsPath := ExtractFileDrive(ParamStr(0)) + '\' + '4_'+filename;

 // Create file
 fs := TFileStream.Create(fsPath,fmCreate);
 fs.Free;
 Result := FileExists(fsPath);

end;

begin

 if CreateEmptyFile1 then
   Writeln('File created at '+cwdPath)
   else
   Writeln('Error creating file at '+cwdPath);

 if CreateEmptyFile2 then
   Writeln('File created at '+fsPath)
   else
   Writeln('Error creating file at '+fsPath);

 if CreateEmptyFile3 then
   Writeln('File created at '+cwdPath)
   else
   Writeln('Error creating file at '+cwdPath);

 if CreateEmptyFile4 then
   Writeln('File created at '+fsPath)
   else
   Writeln('Error creating file at '+fsPath);

 // Keep console window open
 Readln;

end.

</lang>

DCL

<lang DCL>open/write output_file output.txt open/write output_file [000000]output.txt create/directory [.docs] create/directory [000000.docs]</lang>

E

<lang e><file:output.txt>.setBytes([]) <file:docs>.mkdir(null) <file:///output.txt>.setBytes([]) <file:///docs>.mkdir(null)</lang>

EchoLisp

The file system is the browser local storage It is divided into named stores (directories) "user" is the default (home) store

before: list of stores

(local-stores) → ("system" "user" "words" "reader" "info" "root")

(local-put-value "output.txt" "") → "output.txt" ; into "user" (local-make-store "user/docs") → "user/docs" (local-put-value "output.txt" "" "root") → "output.txt" ; into "root" (local-make-store 'root/docs) → "root/docs"

after: list of stores

(local-stores 'root) → ("root" "root/docs") (local-stores 'user) → ("user" "user/docs") </lang>

Elena

<lang elena>#import system.

import system'io.

symbol program =

[

   "output.txt" file_path textwriter close.

   "\output.txt" file_path textwriter close.

   "docs" directory_path create.

   "\docs" directory_path create.

].</lang>

Elixir

<lang elixir>File.open("output.txt", [:write]) File.open("/output.txt", [:write])

File.mkdir!("docs") File.mkdir!("/docs")</lang>

Erlang

"/" is documented as working on Windows. <lang erlang> -module(new_file). -export([main/0]).

main() -> ok = file:write_file( "output.txt", <<>> ), ok = file:make_dir( "docs" ), ok = file:write_file( filename:join(["/", "output.txt"]), <<>> ), ok = file:make_dir( filename:join(["/", "docs"]) ). </lang>

ERRE

Filenames are in 8+3 DOS format: without drive and directory info, refer to the same directory as the ERRE program is running from; full pathnames can include drive name and directory. You must use PC.LIB for managing directories. <lang ERRE> PROGRAM FILE_TEST

!$INCLUDE="PC.LIB"

BEGIN

   OPEN("O",#1,"output.txt")
   CLOSE(1)

   OS_MKDIR("C:\RC")   ! with the appropriate access rights .......
   OPEN("O",#1,"C:\RC\output.txt")
   CLOSE(1)

END PROGRAM </lang>

Euphoria

<lang euphroria>integer fn

-- In the current working directory system("mkdir docs",2) fn = open("output.txt","w") close(fn)

-- In the filesystem root system("mkdir \\docs",2) fn = open("\\output.txt","w") close(fn)</lang>

F#

<lang fsharp>open System.IO

[<EntryPoint>] let main argv =

   let fileName = "output.txt"
   let dirName = "docs"
   for path in ["."; "/"] do
       ignore (File.Create(Path.Combine(path, fileName)))
       ignore (Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(path, dirName)))
   0</lang>

Factor

<lang factor>USE: io.directories

"output.txt" "/output.txt" [ touch-file ] bi@ "docs" "/docs" [ make-directory ] bi@</lang>

Fancy

<lang fancy>["/", "./"] each: |dir| {

 # create '/docs', then './docs'
 Directory create: (dir ++ "docs")
 # create files /output.txt, then ./output.txt
 File open: (dir ++ "output.txt") modes: ['write] with: |f| {
   f writeln: "hello, world!"
 }

}</lang>

Forth

There is no means to create directories in ANS Forth. <lang forth> s" output.txt" w/o create-file throw ( fileid) drop s" /output.txt" w/o create-file throw ( fileid) drop</lang>

Fortran

Works with: Fortran version 90 and later

Don't know a way of creating directories in Fortran

Edit: Use system commands to create directories

<lang fortran> PROGRAM CREATION OPEN (UNIT=5, FILE="output.txt", STATUS="NEW") ! Current directory CLOSE (UNIT=5) OPEN (UNIT=5, FILE="/output.txt", STATUS="NEW") ! Root directory CLOSE (UNIT=5)

!Directories (Use System from GNU Fortran Compiler) ! -- Added by Anant Dixit, November 2014 call system("mkdir docs/") call system("mkdir ~/docs/")

END PROGRAM </lang>

FreeBASIC

<lang freebasic>' FB 1.05.0 Win64

' create empty file and sub-directory in current directory Open "output.txt" For Output As #1 Close #1 MkDir "docs"

' create empty file and sub-directory in root directory c:\ ' creating file in root requires administrative privileges in Windows 10 Open "c:\output.txt" For Output As #1 Close #1 MkDir "c:\docs"

Print "Press any key to quit" Sleep</lang>

friendly interactive shell

Translation of: UNIX Shell

<lang fishshell>touch {/,}output.txt # create both /output.txt and output.txt mkdir {/,}docs # create both /docs and docs</lang>

FunL

Translation of: Scala

<lang funl>import io.File

File( 'output.txt' ).createNewFile() File( File.separator + 'output.txt' ).createNewFile() File( 'docs' ).mkdir() File( File.separator + 'docs' ).mkdir()</lang>

Go

<lang go>package main

import (

   "fmt"
   "os"

)

func createFile(fn string) {

   f, err := os.Create(fn)
   if err != nil {
       fmt.Println(err)
       return
   }
   fmt.Println("file", fn, "created!")
   f.Close()

}

func createDir(dn string) {

   err := os.Mkdir(dn, 0666)
   if err != nil {
       fmt.Println(err)
       return
   }
   fmt.Println("directory", dn, "created!")

}

func main() {

   createFile("input.txt")
   createFile("/input.txt")
   createDir("docs")
   createDir("/docs")

}</lang>

Groovy

<lang groovy>new File("output.txt").createNewFile() new File(File.separator + "output.txt").createNewFile() new File("docs").mkdir() new File(File.separator + "docs").mkdir()</lang>

Haskell

<lang haskell>import System.Directory

createFile name = writeFile name ""

main = do

 createFile "output.txt"
 createDirectory "docs"
 createFile "/output.txt"
 createDirectory "/docs"</lang>

HicEst

<lang hicest>SYSTEM(DIR="\docs") ! create argument if not existent, make it current OPEN(FILE="output.txt", "NEW") ! in current directory

SYSTEM(DIR="C:\docs") ! create C:\docs if not existent, make it current OPEN(FILE="output.txt", "NEW") ! in C:\docs </lang>

I

<lang i>function create( ""filename ) { ! var file = open(filename) file("") issues { print("Failed to create "+filename) return } print(filename+" created!") close(file) }

software { create("output.txt") create("docs/") create("/output.txt") create("/docs/") }</lang>

Icon and Unicon

Icon does not support 'mkdir' - otherwise the Unicon code below will work. A work around would be to use 'system' to invoke command line to create a directory. <lang Unicon>every dir := !["./","/"] do {

  close(open(f := dir || "input.txt","w"))  |stop("failure for open ",f)
  mkdir(f := dir || "docs")                 |stop("failure for mkdir ",f)
  }</lang>

Note: Icon and Unicon accept both / and \ for directory separators.

J

The conjunction !: with a scalar 1 to the left (1!:) provides the underlying cross-platform support for working with files.

<lang j> 1!:2 <'/output.txt' NB. write an empty file

  1!:5 <'/docs'         NB. create a directory</lang>

However a number of libraries provide a more convenient/conventional interface to that underlying functionality. <lang j>require 'files' NB. create two empty files named /output.txt and output.txt fwrite '/output.txt' ; 'output.txt'

require 'general/dirutils' NB. addon package NB. create two directories: /docs and docs: dircreate '/docs' ; 'docs'</lang>

Finally note that writing a file in J creates that file. In typical use, files are referred to by name, and the entire contents of the file are written. (Appends and partial writes are also supported but they are more complicated than the typical case.)

Java

<lang java>import java.io.*; public class CreateFileTest { public static void main(String args[]) { try { new File("output.txt").createNewFile(); new File(File.separator + "output.txt").createNewFile(); new File("docs").mkdir(); new File(File.separator + "docs").mkdir(); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println(e.getMessage()); } } }</lang>

JCL

<lang JCL> // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //* CREATE EMPTY FILE NAMED "OUTPUT.TXT" (file names upper case only) //ANYNAME DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(0,0),DSN=OUTPUT.TXT,DISP=(,CATLG) //* CREATE DIRECTORY (PARTITIONED DATA SET) NAMED "DOCS" //ANYNAME DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,(1,1)),DSN=DOCS,DISP=(,CATLG) </lang>

Julia

<lang Julia># many I/O functions have UNIX names

touch("output.txt") mkdir("docs")

probably don't have permission

try

   touch("/output.txt")
   mkdir("/docs")

catch e

   warn(e)

end</lang>

K

Directory creation is OS-dependent

Works with: Kona

<lang K> "output.txt" 1: ""

  "/output.txt" 1: ""
  \ mkdir docs
  \ mkdir /docs</lang>

Kotlin

<lang scala>// version 1.0.6

/* testing on Windows 10 which needs administrative privileges

  to create files in the root */

import java.io.File

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

   val paths = arrayOf("output.txt", "docs", "c:\\output.txt", "c:\\docs")
   var f: File
   for (path in paths) {
       f = File(path)
       if (f.createNewFile())
           println("$path successfully created")
       else
           println("$path already exists")
   }

}</lang>

Output:

output.txt successfully created
docs successfully created
c:\output.txt successfully created
c:\docs successfully created

Running program again after files created :

Output:

output.txt already exists
docs already exists
c:\output.txt already exists
c:\docs already exists

LabVIEW

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Lasso

<lang Lasso>// create file local(f) = file handle => { #f->close }

f->openWriteOnly('output.txt')

// make directory, just like a file local(d = dir('docs'))

d->create

// create file in root file system (requires permissions at user OS level) local(f) = file handle => { #f->close }

f->openWriteOnly('//output.txt')

// create directory in root file system (requires permissions at user OS level) local(d = dir('//docs'))

d->create</lang>

Lingo

Create an empty file in cwd:

<lang lingo>-- note: fileIO xtra is shipped with Director, i.e. an "internal" fp = xtra("fileIO").new() fp.createFile("output.txt")</lang>

Create empty file in root of current volume:

<lang lingo>-- note: fileIO xtra is shipped with Director, i.e. an "internal" pd = the last char of _movie.path -- "\" for win, ":" for mac _player.itemDelimiter = pd vol = _movie.path.item[1] fp = xtra("fileIO").new() fp.createFile(vol&pd&"output.txt")</lang>

Creating an empty directory requires a 3rd party xtra, but there are various free xtras that allow this. Here as example usage of Shell xtra:

<lang lingo>shell_cmd("mkdir Docs") -- in cwd, both win and mac shell_cmd("mkdir \Docs") -- win shell_cmd("mkdir /Docs") -- mac</lang>

Liberty BASIC

Filenames without drive and directory info. refer to the same directory as the LB program is running from.
Full pathnames including drive name and directory can be used- back-slash separated. <lang lb> nomainwin

open "output.txt" for output as #f close #f

result = mkdir( "F:\RC") if result <>0 then notice "Directory not created!": end

open "F:\RC\output.txt" for output as #f close #f

end </lang>

Little

We are going to use /tmp instead the root.

<lang C>void create_file(string path) {

   FILE f;
   unless (exists(path)) {
       unless (f = fopen(path, "w")){
           die(path);
       } else {
           puts("file ${path} created");
           fclose(f);
       }
   } else {
       puts("File ${path} already exists");
   }

}

void create_dir(string path) {

   unless (exists(path)) {
       unless(mkdir(path)) { //mkdir returns 0 on success, -1 on error
           puts("directory ${path} created");
       } else {
           puts(stderr, "Error: directory ${path} not created");   
       }
   } else {
       puts("directory ${path} already exists");
   }

}

create_file("output.txt"); create_file("/tmp/output.txt"); create_dir("docs"); create_dir("/tmp/docs");</lang>

LFE

<lang lisp> (: file write_file '"output.txt" '"Some data") (: file make_dir '"docs") (: file write_file '"/output.txt" '"Some data") (: file make_dir '"/docs") </lang>

Lua

Works with: Lua version 5.1

Create File

<lang lua>io.open("output.txt", "w"):close() io.open("\\output.txt", "w"):close()</lang>

Create Directory

This solution sends the command to the OS shell.

<lang lua>os.execute("mkdir docs") os.execute("mkdir \\docs")</lang>

A more portable solution requires a library such as LuaFileSystem.

<lang lua>require "lfs" lfs.mkdir("docs") lfs.mkdir("/docs")</lang>

Maple

<lang Maple> FileTools:-Text:-WriteFile("output.txt", ""); # make empty file in current dir FileTools:-MakeDirectory("docs"); # make empty dir in current dir FileTools:-Text:-WriteFile("/output.txt", ""); # make empty file in root dir FileTools:-MakeDirectory("/docs"); # make empty dir in root dir </lang>

Mathematica / Wolfram Language

<lang Mathematica> SetDirectory@NotebookDirectory[]; t = OpenWrite["output.txt"] Close[t] s = OpenWrite[First@FileNameSplit[$InstallationDirectory] <> "\\output.txt"] Close[s]

(*In root directory*) CreateDirectory["\\docs"] (*In current operating directory*) CreateDirectory[Directory[]<>"\\docs"] (*"left<>right" is shorthand for "StringJoin[left,right]"*)

</lang>

MATLAB / Octave

<lang Matlab> fid = fopen('output.txt','w'); fclose(fid); fid = fopen('/output.txt','w'); fclose(fid); mkdir('docs'); mkdir('/docs');</lang>

Maxima

<lang maxima>f: openw("/output.txt"); close(f);

f: openw("output.txt"); close(f);

/* Maxima has no function to create directories, but one can use the underlying Lisp system */

lisp (mapcar #'ensure-directories-exist '("docs/" "/docs/"))</lang>

MAXScript

<lang maxscript>-- Here f = createFile "output.txt" close f makeDir (sysInfo.currentDir + "\docs") -- System root f = createFile "\output.txt" close f makeDir ("c:\docs")</lang>

Mercury

<lang mercury>:- module create_file.

- interface.

- import_module io.

- pred main(io::di, io::uo) is det.

- implementation.

- import_module dir.

main(!IO) :-

   create_file("output.txt", !IO),
   create_file("/output.txt", !IO),
   create_dir("docs", !IO),
   create_dir("/docs", !IO).

- pred create_file(string::in, io::di, io::uo) is det.

create_file(FileName, !IO) :-

   io.open_output(FileName, Result, !IO),
   (
       Result = ok(File),
       io.close_output(File, !IO)
   ;
       Result = error(Error),
       print_io_error(Error, !IO)
   ).

- pred create_dir(string::in, io::di, io::uo) is det.

create_dir(DirName, !IO) :-

   dir.make_single_directory(DirName, Result, !IO),
   (
       Result = ok
   ;
       Result = error(Error),
       print_io_error(Error, !IO)
   ).

- pred print_io_error(io.error::in, io::di, io::uo) is det.

print_io_error(Error, !IO) :-

  io.stderr_stream(Stderr, !IO),
  io.write_string(Stderr, io.error_message(Error), !IO),
  io.nl(Stderr, !IO),
  io.set_exit_status(1, !IO).</lang>

Mirah

<lang mirah>import java.io.File

File.new('output.txt').createNewFile() File.new('docs').mkdir() File.new("docs#{File.separator}output.txt").createNewFile() </lang>

Modula-3

<lang modula3>MODULE FileCreation EXPORTS Main;

IMPORT FS, File, OSError, IO, Stdio;

VAR file: File.T;

BEGIN

 TRY
   file := FS.OpenFile("output.txt");
   file.close();
   FS.CreateDirectory("docs");
   file := FS.OpenFile("/output.txt");
   file.close();
   FS.CreateDirectory("/docs");
 EXCEPT
 | OSError.E => IO.Put("Error creating file or directory.\n", Stdio.stderr);
 END;

END FileCreation.</lang>

Nemerle

<lang Nemerle>using System; using System.IO;

module CreateFile {

   Main() : void
   {
       unless (File.Exists("output.txt")) File.Create("output.txt");         // here
       // returns a FileStream object which we're ignoring
       try {
           unless (File.Exists(@"\output.txt")) File.Create(@"\output.txt"); // root
       }
       catch {
           |e is UnauthorizedAccessException => Console.WriteLine(
           "Cannot create file in root directory without Administrator priveleges.")
       }
       
       unless (Directory.Exists("docs")) Directory.CreateDirectory("docs");
       // returns a DirectoryInfo object which we're ignoring
       unless (Directory.Exists(@"\docs")) Directory.CreateDirectory(@"\docs");
       // no Exception for directory creation
   }

}</lang>

NetRexx

<lang NetRexx>/* NetRexx */ options replace format comments java crossref symbols nobinary

fName = ; fName[0] = 2; fName[1] = '.' || File.separator || 'output.txt'; fName[2] = File.separator || 'output.txt' dName = ; dName[0] = 2; dName[1] = '.' || File.separator || 'docs'; dName[2] = File.separator || 'docs'

do

 loop i_ = 1 to fName[0]
   say fName[i_]
   fc = File(fName[i_]).createNewFile()
   if fc then  say 'File' fName[i_] 'created successfully.'
   else        say 'File' fName[i_] 'aleady exists.'
   end i_

 loop i_ = 1 to dName[0]
   say dName[i_]
   dc = File(dName[i_]).mkdir()
   if dc then  say 'Directory' dName[i_] 'created successfully.'
   else        say 'Directory' dName[i_] 'aleady exists.'
   end i_

catch iox = IOException

 iox.printStackTrace

end

return </lang>

Nim

<lang nim>import os

open("output.txt", fmWrite).close() createDir("docs")

open(DirSep & "output.txt", fmWrite).close() createDir(DirSep & "docs")</lang>

Translation of: Python

<lang nim>import os const directories = ["/", "./"] for directory in directories:

 open(directory & "output.txt", fmWrite).close()
 createDir(directory & "docs")</lang>

Objective-C

<lang objc>NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

[fm createFileAtPath:@"output.txt" contents:[NSData data] attributes:nil]; // Pre-OS X 10.5 [fm createDirectoryAtPath:@"docs" attributes:nil]; // OS X 10.5+ [fm createDirectoryAtPath:@"docs" withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:NULL];</lang>

Objeck

<lang objeck> use IO;

bundle Default {

 class FileExample {
   function : Main(args : String[]) ~ Nil {
     file := FileWriter->New("output.txt");
     file->Close();
     
     file := FileWriter->New("/output.txt");
     file->Close();
     
     Directory->Create("docs");
     Directory->Create("/docs");
   }
 }

} </lang>

OCaml

<lang ocaml># let oc = open_out "output.txt" in

 close_out oc;;

- : unit = ()

Unix.mkdir "docs" 0o750 ;; (* rights 0o750 for rwxr-x--- *)

- : unit = ()</lang>

(for creation in the filesystem root, replace the filenames by "/output.txt" and "/docs")

Oz

<lang oz>for Dir in ["/" "./"] do

  File = {New Open.file init(name:Dir#"output.txt" flags:[create])}

in

  {File close}
  {OS.mkDir Dir#"docs" ['S_IRUSR' 'S_IWUSR' 'S_IXUSR' 'S_IXGRP']}

end</lang>

PARI/GP

Creating an empty file in GP requires write1 rather than write to avoid the automatic newline. <lang parigp>write1("0.txt","") write1("/0.txt","")</lang>

GP cannot, itself, create directories; for that, you would need PARI (where the solution would follow those in C) or system: <lang parigp>system("mkdir newdir")</lang>

Pascal

The Pascal & Delphi Standard Libraries support all of this functionality.

<lang pascal-delphi> program in out;

var

  f : textfile;

begin

  assignFile(f,'/output.txt');
  rewrite(f);
  close(f);
  makedir('/docs');
  assignFile(f,'/docs/output.txt');
  rewrite(f);
  close(f);

end; </lang>

Perl

<lang perl>use File::Spec::Functions qw(catfile rootdir); { # here

   open my $fh, '>', 'output.txt';
   mkdir 'docs';

}; { # root dir

   open my $fh, '>', catfile rootdir, 'output.txt';
   mkdir catfile rootdir, 'docs';

};</lang>

Without Perl Modules

Current directory <lang perl>perl -e 'qx(touch output.txt)' perl -e 'mkdir docs'</lang>

Root directory <lang perl>perl -e 'qx(touch /output.txt)' perl -e 'mkdir "/docs"'</lang>

For comparison with Perl 6 <lang perl>for my $prefix (qw( ./ / )) {

  mkdir "${prefix}docs";
  open my $FH, '>', "${prefix}docs/output.txt";

}</lang> Cleanup <lang perl>unlink $_ for qw(/docs/output.txt ./docs/output.txt); rmdir $_ for qw(/docs ./docs);</lang>

Perl 6

<lang perl6> for '.', -> $prefix {

   mkdir "$prefix/docs";
   open "$prefix/output.txt", :w;

} </lang>

Phix

Copy of Euphoria, modified to display a warning when it cannot create a file in the system root (as such is typically banned on more recent operating systems) <lang Phix>integer fn

-- In the current working directory system("mkdir docs",2) fn = open("output.txt","w") close(fn)

-- In the filesystem root system("mkdir \\docs",2) fn = open("\\output.txt","w") if fn=-1 then

   puts(1,"unable to create \\output.txt\n")

else

   close(fn)

end if</lang>

PHP

PicoLisp

<lang PicoLisp>(out "output.txt") # Empty output (call 'mkdir "docs") # Call external (out "/output.txt") (call 'mkdir "/docs")</lang>

Pike

<lang pike>import Stdio;

int main(){

  write_file("input.txt","",0100);
  write_file("/input.txt","",0100);

}</lang>

PL/I

<lang PL/I> open file (output) title ('/OUTPUT.TXT,type(text),recsize(100)' ); close file (output); </lang>

PowerShell

<lang powershell>New-Item output.txt -ItemType File New-Item \output.txt -ItemType File New-Item docs -ItemType Directory New-Item \docs -ItemType Directory</lang>

ProDOS

<lang ProDOS>makedirectory docs changedirectory docs makenewfile output.txt</lang>

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>CreateFile(0,"output.txt"):CloseFile(0) CreateDirectory("docs") CreateFile(0,"/output.txt"):CloseFile(0) CreateDirectory("/docs")</lang>

Python

<lang python>import os for directory in ['/', './']:

 open(directory + 'output.txt', 'w').close()  # create /output.txt, then ./output.txt
 os.mkdir(directory + 'docs')                 # create directory /docs, then ./docs</lang>

Works with: Python version 2.5

Exception-safe way to create file:

<lang python>from __future__ import with_statement import os def create(directory):

   with open(os.path.join(directory, "output.txt"), "w"):
       pass
   os.mkdir(os.path.join(directory, "docs"))

create(".") # current directory create("/") # root directory</lang>

R

<lang R>f <- file("output.txt", "w") close(f)

it may fails and the exact syntax to achieve the root
changes according to the operating system

f <- file("/output.txt", "w") close(f)

success <- dir.create("docs") success <- dir.create("/docs")</lang>

Racket

<lang Racket>#lang racket

(display-to-file "" "output.txt") (make-directory "docs") (display-to-file "" "/output.txt") (make-directory "/docs")</lang>

Raven

<lang raven>"" as str str 'output.txt' write str '/output.txt' write 'docs' mkdir '/docs' mkdir</lang>

REBOL

<lang REBOL>; Creating in current directory:

write %output.txt "" make-dir %docs/

Creating in root directory

write %/output.txt "" make-dir %/docs/ </lang>

Retro

There are no facilities in Retro to create directories.

<lang Retro>with files' "output.txt" :w open close drop "/output.txt" :w open close drop</lang>

REXX

This REXX version works under Microsoft Windows (any version). <lang rexx>/*REXX pgm creates a new empty file and directory; in curr dir and root.*/

      do 2                            /*perform three statements twice.*/
      'COPY NUL output.txt'           /*copy a "null" (empty) file.    */
      'MKDIR DOCS'                    /*make a directory (aka: folder).*/
      'CD \'                          /*change currect dir to the root.*/
      end   /*2*/                     /*now, go and perform them again.*/
                                      /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/</lang>

Ring

<lang ring> system("mkdir C:\Ring\docs") fopen("C:\Ring\docs\output.txt", "w+") system("mkdir docs") fopen("output.txt", "w+") </lang>

Ruby

<lang ruby>['/', './'].each{|dir|

 Dir.mkdir(dir + 'docs')      # create '/docs', then './docs'
 File.open(dir + 'output.txt', 'w') {}  # create empty file /output.txt, then ./output.txt

}</lang>

Run BASIC

<lang RunBasic>open "output.txt" for output as #f close #f

dirOk = mkdir( "f:\doc") if not(dirOk) then print "Directory not created!": end

open "f:\doc\output.txt" for output as #f close #f</lang>

Rust

<lang rust>use std::io::{self, Write}; use std::fs::{DirBuilder, File}; use std::path::Path; use std::{process,fmt};

const FILE_NAME: &'static str = "output.txt"; const DIR_NAME : &'static str = "docs";

fn main() {

   create(".").and(create("/"))
              .unwrap_or_else(|e| error_handler(e,1));

}

fn create

(root: P) -> io::Result<File> where P: AsRef<Path> { let f_path = root.as_ref().join(FILE_NAME); let d_path = root.as_ref().join(DIR_NAME); DirBuilder::new().create(d_path).and(File::create(f_path)) } fn error_handler<E: fmt::Display>(error: E, code: i32) -> ! { let _ = writeln!(&mut io::stderr(), "Error: {}", error); process::exit(code) }</lang>

Scala

Library: Scala

<lang scala>import java.io.File

object CreateFile extends App {

 try { new File("output.txt").createNewFile() }
 catch { case e: Exception => println(s"Exception caught: $e with creating output.txt") }
 try { new File(s"${File.separator}output.txt").createNewFile() }
 catch { case e: Exception => println(s"Exception caught: $e with creating ${File.separator}output.txt") }
 try { new File("docs").mkdir() }
 catch { case e: Exception => println(s"Exception caught: $e with creating directory docs") }
 try { new File(s"${File.separator}docs").mkdir() }
 catch { case e: Exception => println(s"Exception caught: $e with creating directory ${File.separator}docs") }

}</lang>

Scheme

<lang scheme>(open-output-file "output.txt") (open-output-file "/output.txt")</lang> Results:

> file output.txt
output.txt: empty
> file /output.txt
/output.txt: empty

I am not aware of any standard way of creating directories in Scheme.

Seed7

Seed7 uses a standard path representation to make paths operating system independent. In the standard path representation a / is used as path delimiter and drive letters like C: must be written as /c instead. Creating files and directories in a file system root may need privileges, so the program may fail, when it is started by a normal user.

<lang seed7>$ include "seed7_05.s7i";

 include "osfiles.s7i";

const proc: main is func

 local
   var file: aFile is STD_NULL;
 begin
   aFile := open("output.txt", "w");
   close(aFile);
   mkdir("docs");
   aFile := open("/output.txt", "w");
   close(aFile);
   mkdir("/docs");
 end func;</lang>

Under Windows each filesystem has its own root. Therefore you need to replace "/output.txt" and "/docs" with "/c/output.txt" and "/c/docs".

Sidef

<lang ruby># Here %f'output.txt' -> create; %d'docs' -> create;

Root dir

Dir.root + %f'output.txt' -> create; Dir.root + %d'docs' -> create;</lang>

Slate

File creation locally: <lang slate>(File newNamed: 'output.txt') touch. (Directory current / 'output.txt') touch.</lang>

File creation at root: <lang slate>(File newNamed: '/output.txt') touch. (Directory root / 'output.txt') touch.</lang>

Smalltalk

Squeak has no notion of 'current directory' because it isn't tied to the shell that created it.

<lang smalltalk>(FileDirectory on: 'c:\') newFileNamed: 'output.txt'; createDirectory: 'docs'.</lang>

In GNU Smalltalk you can do instead:

<lang smalltalk>ws := (File name: 'output.txt') writeStream. ws close. Directory create: 'docs'.

ws := (File name: '/output.txt') writeStream. ws close. Directory create: '/docs'.</lang>

SNOBOL4

Works with: Macro Spitbol

Works with: CSnobol

<lang SNOBOL4> output(.file,1,'output.txt'); endfile(1) ;* Macro Spitbol

output(.file,1,,'output.txt'); endfile(1) ;* CSnobol

       host(1,'mkdir docs')

       output(.file,1,'/output.txt');  endfile(1) ;* Macro Spitbol

output(.file,1,,'/output.txt'); endfile(1) ;* CSnobol

       host(1,'mkdir /docs')

end</lang>

SQLite

<lang sqlite3> /*

Use '/' for *nix. Use whatever your root directory is on Windows.
Must be run as admin.
/

.shell mkdir "docs"; .shell mkdir "/docs"; .output output.txt .output /output.txt </lang>

Standard ML

<lang sml>let val out = TextIO.openOut "output.txt" in

 TextIO.closeOut out

end;

OS.FileSys.mkDir "docs";</lang>

(for creation in the filesystem root, replace the filenames by "/output.txt" and "/docs")

Tcl

Assuming that we're supposed to create two files and two directories (one each here and one each in the file system root) and further assuming that the code is supposed to be portable, i.e. work on win, linux, MacOS (the task is really not clear):

<lang tcl>close [open output.txt w] close [open [file nativename /output.txt] w]

file mkdir docs file mkdir [file nativename /docs]</lang>

Toka

<lang toka>needs shell " output.txt" "W" file.open file.close " /output.txt" "W" file.open file.close

( Create the directories with permissions set to 777) " docs" &777 mkdir " /docs" &777 mkdir</lang>

TUSCRIPT

<lang tuscript> $$ MODE TUSCRIPT - create file ERROR/STOP CREATE ("output.txt",FDF-o,-std-) - create directory ERROR/STOP CREATE ("docs",project,-std-) </lang>

Ursa

<lang ursa>decl file f f.create "output.txt" f.createdir "docs"

in the root directory

f.create "/output.txt" f.createdir "/docs" </lang>

VBScript

<lang vb> Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'current directory objFSO.CreateFolder(".\docs") objFSO.CreateTextFile(".\docs\output.txt")

'root directory objFSO.CreateFolder("\docs") objFSO.CreateTextFile("\docs\output.txt") </lang>

Vedit macro language

When closing a file, Vedit saves it only if it has been modified. Therefore, in order to create an empty file, we first insert a character in the file and then delete it. <lang vedit>// In current directory File_Open("input.txt") Ins_Char(' ') Del_Char(-1) Buf_Close() File_Mkdir("docs")

// In the root directory File_Open("/input.txt") Ins_Char(' ') Del_Char(-1) Buf_Close() File_Mkdir("/docs")</lang>

Visual Basic .NET

Platform: .NET

Works with: Visual Basic .NET version 9.0+

<lang vbnet> 'Current Directory IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("docs") IO.File.Create("output.txt").Close()

'Root

IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("\docs") IO.File.Create("\output.txt").Close()

'Root, platform independent

IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "docs") IO.File.Create(IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "output.txt").Close()</lang>

UNIX Shell

Works with: Bourne Shell

<lang bash>touch output.txt /output.txt # create both output.txt and /output.txt mkdir /docs mkdir docs # create both /docs and docs</lang>

Works with: bash

<lang bash>touch {/,}output.txt # create both /output.txt and output.txt mkdir {/,}docs # create both /docs and docs</lang>

X86 Assembly

Works with: NASM version Linux

syscall numbers for readability.: ]

%define sys_mkdir 39 %define sys_creat 8

section .data fName db 'doc/output.txt',0 rfName db '/output.txt',0 dName db 'doc',0

err_msg db "Something went wrong! :[",0xa err_len equ $-err_msg

section .text global _start

_start:

nop mov ebx, dName ; Directory name mov eax, sys_mkdir ; Specify sys_mkdir call mov ecx, 0750o ; permission (rwxr-x---) int 0x80 ; Make kernel call

mov ebx, fName ; File name mov eax, sys_creat ; Specify sys_creat call mov ecx, 0640o ; permission (rw-r-----) int 0x80 ; Make kernel call test eax, eax ; eax AND eax js _ragequit ; If EAX is less than zero

                                   ; THEN Display Message Error

mov ebx, rfName ; File name Root mov eax, sys_creat ; Specify sys_creat call mov ecx, 0777o ; permission (rwxrwxrwx) int 0x80 ; Make kernel call cmp eax, 0 jle _exit ; IF EAX is less or equal than zero

                                   ; THEN jump to EXIT
                                   ; ELSE Display Message Error

_ragequit: mov edx, err_len ; Pass offset of the message error mov ecx, err_msg ; Pass the length of the message error mov eax, 4 ; Specify sys_write call mov ebx, 2 ; Specify File Descriptor 2: Error Output int 0x80 ; Make kernel call

_exit: push 0x1 mov eax, 1 ; Code for Exit Syscall push eax int 0x80 ; Make kernel call ret </lang>

zkl

Works on Unix and Windows <lang zkl>$ ls -l docs ls: cannot access docs: No such file or directory $ zkl zkl: fcn createOutputTxt(dir){ dir=dir+"/docs"; File.mkdir(dir); File(dir+"/output.txt","w") } Void zkl: createOutputTxt(".") File(./docs/output.txt) zkl: createOutputTxt("/") Stack trace for VM#1 ():

  Cmd.createOutputTxt@mkdir addr:16  args(1) reg(0) 
  Cmd.__constructor@createOutputTxt addr:9  args(0) reg(0) R
  startup.__constructor addr:2271  args(0) reg(1) ER
  startup.__constructor addr:2207  args(0) reg(22)

Exception thrown: IOError(File.mkdir(//docs): Permission denied) zkl: ^D $ ls -l docs total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 craigd craigd 0 Oct 27 22:08 output.txt </lang>

ZX Spectrum Basic

The ZX Spectrum saves to a tape recorder and does not have subdirectories. Here we create an empty file named OUTPUT of zero bytes. We can use any start address, because the file is empty. Here we write zero bytes from address 16384:

<lang zxbasic>SAVE "OUTPUT" CODE 16384,0</lang>

Icon and Unicon

See Also

Create File

Create Directory

Mathematica / Wolfram Language

MATLAB / Octave