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[Closed] Create new directory in file path?

 
 squeakybadger
May 24, 2017 1:02 pm

Hi,

I’m trying to get a script to create a new folder using the output path as a base.

The script at the moment grabs the file path and output file name and creates a .txt file in the same dir as the image output was set:

getFileNamePath rendOutputFilename + getFileNameFile rendOutputFilename + ".txt"

How can I get the script to create a new folder in the set output folder and put the text file in that?

I’ve had a look at the makedir command, but not sure how it will fit into that maxscript string.

Thanks for any pointers.

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 stigatle
May 24, 2017 1:02 pm

You can use something like this:
It will tell you if the path does not exist, and ask what you want to do.

directoryPath = getFileNamePath rendOutputFilename
if(doesfileexist directoryPath == false)then
(
	if (queryBox ("Could not find the output folder, do you want to create it? - " + directoryPath)) then
	(
		if (makeDir directoryPath all:true)then
		(
			messagebox ("Created the directory: " + directoryPath)
		)else
		(
			messagebox "Could not create output directory, aborting."
		)
	)
)