# ContainerFileSystemCallbackContext.createDirectory

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [ContainerFileSystemCallbackContext](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerfilesystemcallbackcontext.md)
- Version: `13.5.0`
- Kind: `method`

Creates a container directory entry containing the specified child entries.

## Definition

```typescript
interface ContainerFileSystemCallbackContext {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  createDirectory(
      name: string,
      entries: ContainerFileSystemItem[],
      owner?: number,
      group?: number,
      mode?: number): ContainerFileSystemItem;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
createDirectory(
    name: string,
    entries: ContainerFileSystemItem[],
    owner?: number,
    group?: number,
    mode?: number): ContainerFileSystemItem
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `entries` (`ContainerFileSystemItem[]`)
- `owner` (`number`) `optional`
- `group` (`number`) `optional`
- `mode` (`number`) `optional`

## Returns

[ContainerFileSystemItem](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerfilesystemitem.md)

## Defined on

- [ContainerFileSystemCallbackContext](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/containerfilesystemcallbackcontext.md) -- `handle`