# Function Reference

# _WinAPI_CreateDirectoryEx

Creates a new directory with the attributes of a specified template directory

#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
_WinAPI_CreateDirectoryEx ( $sNewDir, $sTemplateDir [, $tSecurity = 0] )

## Parameters

$sNewDir | The path of the directory to be created.
$sTemplateDir | The path of the directory to use as a template when creating the new directory.
$tSecurity | [optional] $tagSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure that specifies a security descriptor for the new directory. If this parameter is 0 (Default), the directory gets a default security descriptor. The ACL in the default security descriptor for a directory are inherited from its parent directory.

## Return Value

Success: | True.
Failure: | False, call _WinAPI_GetLastError() to get extended error information

## Remarks

The _WinAPI_CreateDirectoryEx() function allows you to create directories that inherit stream information from other directories.
This function is useful, for example, when you are using Macintosh directories, which have a resource stream that is needed to properly identify directory contents as an attribute.

## See Also

Search CreateDirectoryEx in MSDN Library.