# How to make a new folder on HD
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864
**Category:** Beginners
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864 "2023-04-28T21:17:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/1 "2023-04-28T21:17:21Z")
Hello all,
small question here.
How can i make a new folder on HD?
Tried
```auto
File f1=new File("");
if ( f1.mkDir ( sketchPath("")+"//"+"c1" ) ) {
//
}
```
or
```auto
File f1=new File(sketchPath("")+"//"+"c1");
if (f1.mkDir()) {
//
}
```
coming from [https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#mkdir()](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#mkdir())
but something is missing…?
Thank you!
Chrisir
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/2 "2023-04-28T21:28:24Z")
> [@Chrisir](#):
>
> **mkDir()**
Reference link you’ve posted says it’s **mkdir()**! 🤓
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### Author:  [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/3 "2023-04-28T21:30:32Z")
Thanks!!!
This seems to work:
```auto
File f1=new File(sketchPath("")+"//"+"c1");
if (f1.mkdir()) {
//
}
```
😉
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/4 "2023-04-28T21:50:52Z")
> [@Chrisir](#):
>
> `File f1=new File(sketchPath("")+"//"+"c1");`
Processing got more streamlined methods for paths like [**savePath()**](http://processing.github.io/processing-javadocs/core/processing/core/PApplet.html#savePath-java.lang.String-), [**sketchFile()**](http://processing.github.io/processing-javadocs/core/processing/core/PApplet.html#sketchFile-java.lang.String-) and others:
```auto
final String path = savePath("c1/someFile.txt");
println(path);
exit();
```
```auto
final File path = sketchFile("c1");
println(path);
println(path.mkdir());
exit();
```
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### Author:  [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/5 "2023-04-29T03:22:10Z")
On MacOS first example does nothing. Second example creates an empty folder, not a file.
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/6 "2023-04-29T07:52:15Z")
On Windows both examples create a subfolder “c1/” if it doesn’t exist yet inside sketch’s folder.
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### Author:  [@mnse](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mnse)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-new-folder-on-hd/41864/7 "2023-04-29T13:46:06Z")
Hi,
I would recommend to use java.nio instead of [java.io](http://java.io) because of several advantages, especially wrt error handling. For creating files and directories,take a look here …
> **[Introduction to Java NIO2 File API | Baeldung](https://www.baeldung.com/java-nio-2-file-api)**
>
> A quick and practical guide to Java NIO2 File API
Cheers
— mnse