Add a Directory to Existing Directory

[Todd_Rogers]

So, I'm trying to add a directory to an existing directory, but I only know how to create a directory. For example, I'm using this...

(vl-mkdir "C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\ApplicationPlugins\\AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle\\Contents")

We all know that C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins already exists. So, how do I go about adding the AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle\Contents to that directory?

[ВeekeeCZ · Accepted solution]

One by one!

(vl-mkdir "C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\ApplicationPlugins\\AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle")

(vl-mkdir "C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\ApplicationPlugins\\AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle\\Contents")

[Todd_Rogers]

I'm trying to add \AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle\Contents to the existing directory C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins

[ВeekeeCZ]

@Todd_Rogers 

the issue is not that you need to add a dictionary to the existing one. After all, there is no other way! The issue is that you want to add two of them. But the function isn't smart enough... so create one, then another.

[Todd_Rogers]

I swear I thought there was a merge-pathnames you can call.

[komondormrex]

actually you can do that in one step like this

(vla-sendcommand (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) "shell md C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\ApplicationPlugins\\AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle\\Contents\n")

[komondormrex]

using et

(acet-sys-command "md C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\ApplicationPlugins\\AECBIMTools.Civil3DTools.bundle\\Contents")

[Simon_Weel]

In the old days, when Vlisp didn't exist, we used DOSLib for this kind of operations. Still use it.