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    Creating a Directory

    Is there a certain command that will allow you to create a new directory?

    I want the user to enter a name of a directory, and when he clicks "create directory" it makes a directory.

    For example if he typed "pictures", it would get the current path name and then create a folder called "pictures".

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    One solution is CreateDirectory().

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    One more way is to

    #include <direct.h>

    _mkdir( strDirectoryPath );

    - Chetan.

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    Re: Creating a Directory

    I am not able to create a directory having the following time and date format "Data – MM/DD/YYYY - HH:MM:SS".

    It fails when we have characters like "/" and ":" in the directory name. any idea how to resolve this.

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    Re: Creating a Directory

    Quote Originally Posted by vcdebugger View Post
    I am not able to create a directory having the following time and date format "Data – MM/DD/YYYY - HH:MM:SS".

    It fails when we have characters like "/" and ":" in the directory name. any idea how to resolve this.
    All operating systems have restrictions around what are valid file path characters. If / and : aren't allowed, don't use them, and replace them with something else.

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    Re: Creating a Directory

    Quote Originally Posted by vcdebugger View Post
    I am not able to create a directory having the following time and date format "Data – MM/DD/YYYY - HH:MM:SS".

    It fails when we have characters like "/" and ":" in the directory name. any idea how to resolve this.
    Slashes are used as directory delineators in a path name. It's not reasonable to expect to be able to use them as part of a directory name.

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    Re: Creating a Directory

    Quote Originally Posted by GCDEF View Post
    Slashes are used as directory delineators in a path name. ...
    ... as well as colons that are used as the "drive" delimiters ...
    Last edited by VictorN; November 15th, 2020 at 04:44 AM. Reason: typo
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    Re: Creating a Directory

    Colon is also used to name an alternate NTFS file stream. See http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles...-streams.phtml
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