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