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Overview

os.Mkdir() function can be used to create a directory or folder in go.

Below is the signature of the function.

func Mkdir(name string, perm FileMode)

It takes in two parameters

The first parameter is the named directory. If the named directory is a fully qualified path it will create a directory at that path. If not it will create a directory with respect to current working directory

The second parameter specifies the permission bits. The folder or directory is created with this permission bits

Code

package main

import (
    "log"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    //Create a folder/directory at a full qualified path
    err := os.Mkdir("/Users/temp", 0755)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    //Create a folder/directory at a full qualified path
    err = os.Mkdir("temp", 0755)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
}

Output

It will create a directory temp at location /Users location and at the current working directory location

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