Creating directories

[Hudson]

I'm a little lost on this one.

 

OpenDCL has opened my eyes more than I probably wished the could be opened.. and I'm now wondering how I can make directories etc.

 

What's the best way to go about this?

 

Thanks for any and all input.

[Lee Mac]

Not sure about OpenDCL, as tbh, I've never used it - only the Standard DCL provided with ACAD.

 

But look into the vl-mkdir function

[alanjt]

OpenDCL is a dialog interface, picking up where standard DCL left off.

The only addon I can think of, that adds additional commands to AutoCAD, is DosLib. However, for directory creation, Lee is exactly right, vl-mkdir is the ticket.

[Hudson]

Thanks Lee and Alan.. that command was escaping me last night

[Freerefill]

If you're making directories, you might also be managing files.

 

The "shell" command allows you to essentially use the AutoCAD command line like the Windows command prompt. I was able to make directories and move a copy of two different files into each directory, and then rename all 125 of them using LISP. Just keep that in mind if you need a lot of batch file manipulation.

 

For more information, open up the Windows command prompt and type "Help". All of those commands are available using LISP.

[alanjt]

If you're making directories, you might also be managing files.

 

The "shell" command allows you to essentially use the AutoCAD command line like the Windows command prompt. I was able to make directories and move a copy of two different files into each directory, and then rename all 125 of them using LISP. Just keep that in mind if you need a lot of batch file manipulation.

 

For more information, open up the Windows command prompt and type "Help". All of those commands are available using LISP.

 

 

That's an interesting thought. I've copied files through lisp, but it was never many and if it was a directory, I just used a

(foreach x (cddr (vl-directory-files SourceDirectory) (vl-file-copy

but this will not copy sub directories. XCopy would be a nice tool. You could call it with something like:

(defun CopyDirectory (#Source #Destination)
 (and (findfile #Source)
      (startapp (strcat "xcopy " #Source " /E /H /Q /Y /I " #Destination))
      )
 )

[Hudson]

Thanks guys.. this forum is great

[Freerefill]

I was never very good at .bat files, but once I discovered you can do most of the work of a .bat file through Visual LISP, I realized just how powerful it was.

 

Now if only I could get good enough at C++ to create a GUI which runs on C++ and LISP, as well as a LISP editor that functions the same as the Visual LISP one.. man, I'd have silly amounts of fun making all sorts of programs without having to use AutoCAD >.

[alanjt]

I forgot to mention, the xcopy routine I posted, will copy all subdirectories.