# File or directory creation from ignition scripting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-or-directory-creation-from-ignition-scripting/6174>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 8, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-or-directory-creation-from-ignition-scripting/6174 "2013-04-08T05:25:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ashish007pict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@ashish007pict](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ashish007pict)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-or-directory-creation-from-ignition-scripting/6174/1 "2013-04-08T05:25:40Z")

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Hello,

I am reading file path from one of my standard text files and I want to create new file in this path evenif it already exists.

can you help me with this?  
thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-or-directory-creation-from-ignition-scripting/6174/2 "2013-04-08T16:01:40Z")

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Sure, you just need to use our system functions in scripting to create the file:`filePath = .... # from your code
system.file.writeFile(filePath, '')`That will create the file if it doesn’t exist and overwrite it if it does.