---
title: "file:makedir — Make directory"
description: "iXML command file:makedir: Make directory."
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---

# file:makedir — Make directory

FILE:MAKEDIR makes a new directory.

The directory path is created recursively as paternal directories are implicitly created if they do not yet exist.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| dirname | string |  | Directory name/URL |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- (none documented)

### Examples

```xml
<file:makedir dirname="./test/ixml_dir"/>
```