how to create directory in c++

i just want to know how to create folders using c++ code...i can make files usng iostream,but can folder?
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::CreateDirectory

Cheers

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Originally Posted by golanshahar

::CreateDirectory

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This would only work in Windows... ;)

There is not platform-independent way of doing it...thus, you need to check what the C run-time or API of the correpsonding operating system has to offer...which one are you using?

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Originally Posted by Andreas Masur

This would only work in Windows... ;)

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i think that people working in unix/linux wouldnt ask that question ("folders":)

thanks guys for replaying..
by the way i m using linux not windows...why would not linux users not ask that?!
i use mandrake 10.

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Originally Posted by l00p1n6

i think that people working in unix/linux wouldnt ask that question ("folders":)

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Why? Aren't there folders in Linux? ;)

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Originally Posted by deepinlife

thanks guys for replaying..
by the way i m using linux not windows...why would not linux users not ask that?!
i use mandrake 10.

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AFAIK, there should be a 'mkdir' function...

There is relatively portable boost method create_directory.

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Originally Posted by Andreas Masur

Why? Aren't there folders in Linux? ;)

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no respectable *nix programmer would call them "folders". They are directories. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by stober

no respectable *nix programmer would call them "folders". They are directories. :rolleyes:

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Well...I guess that I does not have that much respect for my *nix then (IOW, my directories can be folders if they want)... :eek:

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Originally Posted by golanshahar

::CreateDirectory

Cheers

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Is ::CreateDirectory a Windows specific function? How to create directory using C++ on Linux?

Are there any C++ functions available (that create directory on Linux) written by someone who would like to share to others?

o/w; Is there a built-in C++ function that creates directory and will runs on Linux (no Windows specific stuff?

Thanks!

Windy

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Originally Posted by RoboTact

There is relatively portable boost method create_directory.

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RoboTact has already given the answer. Use boost::filesystem and you'll have the bonus of having OS independent code.

Andres also posted a function that is portable between *nix and MS-Windows -- mkdir().

i had to create directories in windows using VC++
I can get CreateDirectory to work only when the path is like " c:/face"
If I give "c:/face/images" it doesnt create the folder, not even face, any help would be appreciated.

if I have c:/face created then it creates ./image also :?

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Originally Posted by bhas_purk

i had to create directories in windows using VC++
I can get CreateDirectory to work only when the path is like " c:/face"
If I give "c:/face/images" it doesnt create the folder, not even face, any help would be appreciated.

if I have c:/face created then it creates ./image also :?

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You'll need to iteratively create enclosed folders: first c:/face, then c:/face/images.

CreateDirectory() can only be used to create the final directory, if one or more intermediate directories do not exist, CreateDirectory() will fail with an error 3.

You may use SHCreateDirectoryEx() indeed, this fuction will generate a folder and its sub folders.

The thread that won't die. :confused: :eek:

lol, it never will :)

I know this is an old thread but this solution will work in both Windows and Linux.

char sysText[256];
sprintf( systext, "mkdir %s", path ); // path is a char * to the string representing the directory you want to create
system( systext );

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Originally Posted by whittenrob

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char sysText[256];
sprintf( systext, "mkdir %s", path );  // path is a char * to the string representing the directory you want to create
system( systext );

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Why that complicated? :confused: As already has been posted in this thread (long time ago), the C++ runtime has a mkdir() function on both *nix and Windows. ;)

I am having some difficult times with this too.

my code in MS Visual C++ 6.0 looks like

char dirname[FILENAME_MAX] = {"c:\\new_directory\\"};
int erc;
erc = mkdir(dirname);

so far it works fine.
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I am trying to do the same thing using MS Visual C++ 2010 Express

the same set of instructions are not accepted, is there something I should add/change?

thanks in advance

Try _mkdir().

I got back this

'_mkdir': identifier not found

could you please help me with the include file name, maybe it has changed ....

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...VS.100%29.aspx

You can create directory in windows by using dis code ...................... jst pass da name of folder using char array

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
system("mkdir D:foldername");

}

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

You can create directory in windows by using dis code ...................... jst pass da name of folder using char array

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
system("mkdir D:foldername");

}

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:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by GCDEF

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

You can create directory in windows by using dis code ...................... jst pass da name of folder using char array

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
system("mkdir D:foldername");

}

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:rolleyes:

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Well, [email protected] seems to be not a reader, he/she is a writer! :D

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Originally Posted by VictorN

Well, [email protected] seems to be not a reader, he/she is a writer! :D

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i m reader too
i m nt a linux user
and btw system("dos comands");
alows u to copy , move , and delete dir even so it a wide way open to use MS-DOS comands

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Originally Posted by exsan

I got back this

'_mkdir': identifier not found

could you please help me with the include file name, maybe it has changed ....

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its works like
void main (){

system("mkdir C:\\folder name");

}
u can pass folder name wid char array

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

its works like
void main (){

system("mkdir C:\\folder name");

}
u can pass folder name wid char array

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Why system() is evil

p.s. This thread is 6 years old.