Bat file how to create?

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I also need files with content and empty ones.

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Why not, what happened? I only copied that code from the code you posted. If one worked and the other did not, is it a permissions problem?

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Generic code only creates a folder, I need files too. until i got this success, here is the code that works
mkdir img
mcdeer js
mcdeer css

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What should mcdeer be? Never heard of this command

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this command creates folders in bat file.

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batch files don’t contain folders.

You can create a file with
echo Hello>new.txt
This will create a file named new.txt containing the text Hello.

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Yes, it works universally, that’s good, but now how to make sure that files are created in the styles and javascript folders?

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What exactly happens when you try to create files in those particular folders? Are you trying to do this from a web site, or from a command line / file explorer? Is it a permissions problem?

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They are not created, I myself want to create files in certain folders, I don’t know how to write the code for this correctly)

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You can use a relative path for the file.

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echo >\css\style.php, if yes then it doesn’t work

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You haven’t said whether you’re doing this in Windows or Linux and you haven’t told us your file structure, so it’s very difficult to second-guess what you are trying to do.

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I’m doing this on Windows, the structure should look like this: css folder → styles.css file, javascript folder → js.js file

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Then you probably want to be using a slash rather than a backslash, and if you want to create something in a subdirectory you don’t want the leading slash (that’s trying to create a file in the root directory).

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echo >/css/style.php it doesn’t work.

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That’s going to try to create a style.css file in the root directory as I said in my last post.

Edit: What I should have said is it will create a styles.css file in a subdirectory (named css) of the root directory.

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at the root, it creates if the code is created like this echo > styles.css, and I need it in the css folder

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Where is the css folder in relation to your bat folder as mentioned in post #15 ? Above it, below it, somewhere else entirely?

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This is not doing exactly what you want but it should be enough for you to be able to modify for your exact needs.

rem Create 2 subdirectories
mkdir css
mkdir js

rem Create a file in each (sub)directory
type NUL > index.html
type NUL > js/script.js
echo /* styles.css */ > css/styles.css

rem Finished!
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The css folder is in the bat folder