# An Error Message from Dynare 4

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/an-error-message-from-dynare-4/683>\
**Category:** Dynare help (legacy posts)\
**Created:** [19 May 2008 14:39 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/an-error-message-from-dynare-4/683 "2008-05-19T14:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigbigben](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@bigbigben](https://forum.dynare.org/u/bigbigben)\
**Post date:** [19 May 2008 14:39 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/an-error-message-from-dynare-4/683/1 "2008-05-19T14:39:14Z")

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Here that is what I got, but I can understand what it is about:

??? Error using ==\> mkdir  
The file exists.

Error in ==\> CheckPath at 23  
mkdir(’.’,DirectoryName);

Error in ==\> dynare\_estimation at 676  
OutputDirectoryName = CheckPath(‘Output’);

Error in ==\> GS\_CD\_LM\_PA\_est\_may19 at 345  
dynare\_estimation(var\_list\_);

Error in ==\> dynare at 81  
evalin(‘base’,fname) ;

Actually some result already showed up on screen before the error message pop out. I already get the table of estimated parameters.

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**Author:** ![stepan-a](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/stepan-a/32/6652_2.png) [@stepan-a](https://forum.dynare.org/u/stepan-a)\
**Post date:** [19 May 2008 15:05 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/an-error-message-from-dynare-4/683/2 "2008-05-19T15:05:38Z")

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This is weird… Do you have a subfolder called output (with a little o and not a big O) in your current directory ?

Stéphane.

[quote=“bigbigben”]Here that is what I got, but I can understand what it is about:

??? Error using ==\> mkdir  
The file exists.

Error in ==\> CheckPath at 23  
mkdir(’.’,DirectoryName);

Error in ==\> dynare\_estimation at 676  
OutputDirectoryName = CheckPath(‘Output’);

Error in ==\> GS\_CD\_LM\_PA\_est\_may19 at 345  
dynare\_estimation(var\_list\_);

Error in ==\> dynare at 81  
evalin(‘base’,fname) ;

Actually some result already showed up on screen before the error message pop out. I already get the table of estimated parameters.[/quote]

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**Author:** ![bigbigben](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@bigbigben](https://forum.dynare.org/u/bigbigben)\
**Post date:** [19 May 2008 15:25 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/an-error-message-from-dynare-4/683/3 "2008-05-19T15:25:48Z")

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I figure it out. I have a file with the same name as my .mod file, but that file has no extension name with it. After I delete it, everything is fine.

Thanks.