Applescript to make new folder

Question

I Want to make a new Folder command in apple script

Why dosent this script work?

tell application \"Finder\"
activate
end tell
tell application \"Sys         


        

Answer 1

I don't know if running bash commands within AppleScript is cheating, but you can also do:

do shell script "mkdir '~/Desktop/New Folder'"  

Which is useful when you need to create sub folders on-the-fly when they don't exist yet:

do shell script "mkdir -p '~/Desktop/New Folder/Bleep/Bloop'"