# Create directory

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/create-directory/3789
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [December 7, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/create-directory/3789 "2006-12-07T02:29:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/create-directory/3789/1 "2006-12-07T02:29:04Z")

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…doesn’t have a “fail if directory already exists” option. Which makes me wonder what the default behaviour is?Steve

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/create-directory/3789/2 "2006-12-07T02:50:41Z")

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Steve,  
  
You could use the Check if File Exists action to first check if the directory exists (and fail that if it does exist).  
  
.t8