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Statements and Functions Used for Finding and Traversing the Directory Tree
 
                          Statement or
Task                      function           Action
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Creating a directory      MKDIR              Creates a new directory.
 
Changing a directory      CHDIR              Changes the current default
or drive                                     directory for specified drive.
 
                          CHDRIVE            Changes current drive.
 
Removing a directory      RMDIR              Removes existing directory.
 
Checking the path for     CURDIR$            Returns the path currently in use
the current directory                        for the specified drive.
 
Matching a filename       DIR$               Returns a filename that
with a file                                  matches the specified pattern.
specification