// List the contents of the user's projects directory
getFileList -folder `internalVar -userWorkspaceDir`;
// Store all MEL files in the user's script directory
// in an array variable
array $scripts = `getFileList -folder `internalVar -userScriptDir` -filespec "*.mel"`;
// Create a new directory path
sysFile -makeDir "C:/temp/mayaStuff"; // Windows
sysFile -makeDir "/tmp/mayaStuff"; // Unix