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File &amp; Directory Functions
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<tt><a href="../lang/access+en">Access</a></tt>
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Tests the access authorization of a file.
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<tt><a href="../lang/copy+en">COPY</a></tt>
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Copy a file.
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<tt><a href="../lang/dfree+en">DFree</a></tt>
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Returns the free space on a device.
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<tt><a href="../lang/dir+en">Dir</a></tt>
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Browses a directory.
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<tt><a href="../lang/exist+en">Exist</a></tt>
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Checks if a specific file or directory exists.
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<tt><a href="../lang/isdir+en">IsDir</a></tt>
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Returns if a path points at a directory.
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<tt><a href="../lang/kill+en">KILL</a></tt>
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Removes a file.
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<tt><a href="../lang/link+en">LINK</a></tt>
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Creates a symbolic link.
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<tt><a href="../lang/mkdir+en">MKDIR</a></tt>
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Creates a directory.
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<tt><a href="../lang/move+en">MOVE</a></tt>
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Renames or moves a file or a directory.
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<tt><a href="../lang/rdir+en">RDir</a></tt>
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Browses a directory recursively.
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<tt><a href="../lang/rmdir+en">RMDIR</a></tt>
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Removes an empty directory.
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<tt><a href="../lang/stat+en">Stat</a></tt>
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Get information about a file.
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<tt><a href="../lang/temp+en">Temp$</a></tt>
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Makes temporary file names.
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To generate a variable directory or file path, use the file path concatenate operator <tt>&amp;/</tt>:
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">MKDIR &quot;/home/gambas/&quot; &/ &quot;/tmp&quot; &/ &quot;foo.bar&quot;</pre>
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="stream+en">Stream &amp; Input/Output functions</a>&nbsp; <a href="../comp/gb/file+en">File</a>&nbsp;

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