Assemble to a new output directory with ml (MASM)

Hello,

My question here isn't specifically about assembly language, rather it's about assembling in WinASM (or from the command line, for that matter).

Is there a way to create a new directory using masm's options? ie, if the project directory doesn't contain a debug folder, and I am working with my "debug" version, I'd like the obj file (and when linking, the exe file) to be placed in a "debug" subdirectory.

Maybe this is more a "Project Creation" issue? ... where the project wizard could create those directories (debug & release subdirectories) on the start of a new project.

I'm new to WinAsm, and I see I can set separate assemble and link options for debug and release versions, but unless I'm unaware of a feature, I have to manually create those directores if I want to use them with the /Fo option.

Here are my current debug compile options:

/c /coff /Cp /nologo /Fm /Zi /Zd /Fo"debug\\"

Thanks
Brian

edit: it appears link.exe doesn't allow the appending of the directory in the /OUT: option like masm does for the /Fo option. So, I guess what I'm asking for is perhaps a %FILE% variable and a %RELEASE% variable to put in the command line (from within WinAsm), and perhaps the auto-creation of subdirectories from the project wizard. Again, I'm new to WinAsm and assembly, maybe there is another way which I'm not aware of ...?