how to create directory in c++

[RoboTact]

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 :?

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

[fayehui]

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.

[GCDEF]

The thread that won't die.

[l034n]

lol, it never will

[whittenrob]

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 );

[Eri523]

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

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

[exsan]

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.
.....................................

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

[Lindley]

Try _mkdir().

[exsan]

I got back this

'_mkdir': identifier not found

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

[Lindley]

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

[[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");

}

[GCDEF]

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");

}

[VictorN]

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");

}

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

[[email protected]]

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

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

[[email protected]]

I got back this

'_mkdir': identifier not found

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

its works like
void main (){

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

}
u can pass folder name wid char array