Feat : create multiple dir in

[Alexandre Six <six.alexandre@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Is there a built-in way in Gambas to create multiple directories (including
parent directories) if they don’t exist, similar to Python’s os.makedirs()?

I searched the Gambas repository but couldn’t find such a function. I
assume it’s based on the C mkdir() function. Could we use C++17’s
std::filesystem::create_directories for this purpose? Alternatively, we
could use the shell command mkdir -p, though that might be less optimal.

It’s not a critical issue, but it could be useful for some use cases, don’t
you think?
For now, I’ve written my own function in Gambas:

Private Function CreateDirectoriesIfNotExists(path As String)   Dim
tree As String[]   Dim folder As String   Dim i As Integer   Dim
progressivePath As String = "/"   tree = Split(path, "/")   For i = 1
To tree.Count - 2 ' First element is empty, last is the filename, so
we skip them      progressivePath = progressivePath & tree[i] & "/"
  Try Mkdir progressivePath      If Error Then         Print "Folder:
" & progressivePath & " already exists"         ' TODO: add logging
here      Endif   NextEnd

Let me know if you have any suggestions or if there’s a better way to
handle this!