Batch Script Creating Folders | Tutorial Reference

Learn how to create folders in Windows batch scripts using the md (Make Directory) or mkdir command with examples for basic, recursive, and path-specific directory creation.

Creating Folders

The creation of a folder is done with the md (Make directory) command.

mkdir [drive:]path
md [drive:]path

Examples

Let's look at some examples on how to use the md command.

The following command will create a directory called test in your current directory.

md test

The follow command will create a directory called test in the C drive.

md C:\test

If there are spaces in the folder name, then the folder name should be given in quotes.

md "Test A"

The following command creates directories recursively:

mkdir \a\b\c

and is the same as issuing the following set of commands:

mkdir \a
chdir \a
mkdir b
chdir b
mkdir c