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Creating a Directory

This is a very simple procedure. To create a directory called temp execute the following command:

        % mkdir temp

Done! It is very easy to do, and with some thought you will be able to keep your work well organised by creating a few appropriate directories. As a `rule of thumb', if you have more than a screenful of filenames in a directory, it is probably time to divide it into a couple of subdirectories.