Initializing help system before first use

checkdir

Purpose
Create necessary paths for the specified directory.
Synopsis
procedure checkdir(dst:text)
Argument
dst 
Path to check.
Example
 writeln(pathexists("newdir/subdir"))             ! Output: false
 checkdir("newdir/subdir")
   ! -> MKPATH newdir/subdir
 writeln(pathexists("newdir/subdir"))             ! Output: true
 writeln(isdir("newdir/subdir"))                  ! Output: true
Further information
Any execution error will cause a program termination if exitonfail is true.
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