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@@ -3209,6 +3209,9 @@ This command creates a directory named @var{dirname}. If
3209@var{parents} is non-@code{nil}, as is always the case in an 3209@var{parents} is non-@code{nil}, as is always the case in an
3210interactive call, that means to create the parent directories first, 3210interactive call, that means to create the parent directories first,
3211if they don't already exist. 3211if they don't already exist.
3212As a function, @code{make-directory} returns non-@code{nil} if @var{dirname}
3213already exists as a directory and @var{parents} is non-@code{nil},
3214and returns @code{nil} if it successfully created @var{dirname}.
3212@code{mkdir} is an alias for this. 3215@code{mkdir} is an alias for this.
3213@end deffn 3216@end deffn
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