RADE

Source Code Manager

adl_mk_dir

Creating a directory

Quick Reference

Abstract

The adl_mk_dir command creates one or more directory(ies) in the current image of the current workspace.

Synopsis
Usage
Naming rules
Options
Examples
References

Synopsis

adl_mk_dir dir... [-force] [-h | -help | -?]

Usage

When a directory is created with the adl_mk_dir command, it is recorded in the database (as a directory, not its content). It is created in the other images of the same workspace (when a refresh is done) or in the other images of the other workspaces (after collect or synchronization). If a directory contains a file, and if this file has been created with the [1] adl_mk_elem command, it is not useful to run the adl_mk_dir command to record the directory in SCM.

SCM offers an option allowing the creation a directory, even if it is in conflict with another directory already registered in the SCM database. For example, you can create two directories with the same name under the same framework in two different workspaces in the same tree. Another example: a directory is deleted with the adl_rm command. You can use the name again to create a new directory.

After running the adl_mk_dir command in an image, you cannot launch any modification command (creation, move, rename, delete, or modification of contents) in another image of the same workspace, till this image has been refreshed..

Naming rules

The basic naming rules are:

Maximum length: 128 characters.
Allowed names under a framework: Public/Protected/PrivateInterfaces, IdentityCard.
The directory creation is necessarily done below a framework, a module, or a data. Sequences of several directories are not allowed below a framework.
These restrictions do not apply to modules and data.
Extension: optional.
Forbidden extensions: m and mext.

For more information on the naming rules, see the [2] naming rules document.

[Top]

Options

adl_mk_dir accepts the following options:

`-h\|-help\|-?`	Help of the command
`dir ...`	Name of the new directory (ies)
`-force`	Ignore directories whose names conflict with the one to create

Examples

Creation of the "MyNewDir" directory under the framework "MyFw" in the "MyWsDev" workspace:

adl_ch_ws MyWsDev
adl_mk_dir MyFw/MyNewDir

or

adl_ch_ws MyWsDev
cd MyFw
adl_mk_dir MyNewDir

Creation of the "MyNewDir" directory, using an old directory name:

adl_ch_ws MyWsDev
adl_mk_dir MyFw/MyNewDir -force

or

adl_ch_ws MyWsDev
cd MyFw
adl_mk_dir MyNewDir -force

[Top]

References

[1]
[2]

adl_mk_elem: creating elements
naming rules document

[Top]

History

Version: 1 [Mar 2001]

Document created

[Top]