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Files and Directories Directory Functions

There are a number of built-in function which provide access to the directory handling capabilities of the underlying/native operating system

Most are based upon the UNIX functions of the same names

Function	Desription
mkdir( PATH )	Create a new directory
opendir( HANDLE, PATH )	Open a directory for reading
@names = readdir( HANDLE )	Read the list of entry names in the directory
closedir( HANDLE )	Close the directory stream