Per the article here (Netlify Functions for Sending Emails | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks), there is an example shown where a function is scaffolded like so: netlify functions:create --name hello-world. When I try this, I’m told:
◈ No functions folder specified in netlify.toml or as an argument
I’ve tried various help commands with the CLI, but none seem to say how I specify the functions folder as an argument. Is that defined anywhere?
As an aside, I did get past this. Turns out that when I opened terminal in VSCode, it wasn’t in the project folder. When I switched, everything worked, but I still would like to know how to specify the functions folder at the command line.
I think, if you set it in the netlify.toml file, it should work automatically for you:
[build]
functions = "<path/to/your/folder>"
Right, but the CLI suggests you can also pass it as an argument. What is that argument?
According to the source of the plugin, i don’t think you can set it as an argument but, if you have an empty netlify.toml file with the lines i mentioned above then it will create the folder with the functions in it.
Ok so if the error says you can, then this comes down to a bug, right? 
Yeah the message needs to get updated.
These are the only flags right meow netlify-dev-plugin/create.js at 3c71022a479524b9cd322d2516ecf2bb6f0cb9b9 · netlify/netlify-dev-plugin · GitHub
Opened a PR to update that misleading log
Thanks for report @cfjedimaster
And thanks @zltnvrs for helping out as well =)
Set the function path in the netlify.toml for this to work
