function htdirinit(outputdir)
%HTDIRINIT
%  
%  HTDIRINIT('outputdir')
% 
%  Initializes the directory OUTPUTDIR. If it already
%   exists, HTDIRINIT deletes all files in it.

% 
%  See also HTOPEN, HTCLOSE, HTWHR, HTWTEXT, HTWPAR, HTDIRCLEAN 
% 
%  Further Information:  
%       http://www.vision.ime.usp.br/~casado/matlab/htmltoolbox/  
%  
%  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
%  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
%  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
%  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
%
%  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
%  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
%  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
%  GNU General Public License for more details.
%
%  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
%  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
%  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
% 
%   Copyright (c) 2000 by Andre Casado Castano and Roberto M Cesar Jr. 
%   e-mail:casado@vision.ime.usp.br, cesar@ime.usp.br  
%   $Revision: 1.01 $  $Date: 2001/02/20 $ 
 

if (length( dir( outputdir ) ) == 0)
 cpsmm = ['!mkdir ' outputdir ]; 
 eval(cpsmm); 
else
 htdirclean(outputdir);
end