creating directories...?

[Patrik]

I know how to read/write files using iostram, but I can't figure out
how to create a directory. Say I wan't to create a directory called
"/home/work/outfiles", how do I do that? I'm running red hat linux.

Rgs,

Patrik

 

[Sharad Kala]

I know how to read/write files using iostram, but I can't figure out
how to create a directory. Say I wan't to create a directory called
"/home/work/outfiles", how do I do that? I'm running red hat linux.

You need to resort to some platform specific API, standard C++ does not
define it.

 

[Guest]

I know how to read/write files using iostram, but I can't figure out
how to create a directory. Say I wan't to create a directory called
"/home/work/outfiles", how do I do that? I'm running red hat linux.

In any Posix environment:
#include <unistd.h>
//int mkdir(const char *pathname, mode_t mode);

- Dario

 

[osmium]

I know how to read/write files using iostram, but I can't figure out
how to create a directory. Say I wan't to create a directory called
"/home/work/outfiles", how do I do that? I'm running red hat linux.

Using system() will give your program pretty much the same powers as a human
would have WRT the operating system. There may be a better way too,
included as part of the API.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

I know how to read/write files using iostram, but I can't figure out
how to create a directory. Say I wan't to create a directory called
"/home/work/outfiles", how do I do that? I'm running red hat linux.

There is no OS-independent way because not all OSes have directories.
You should consult your OS programming manual (or book). In most
cases a simple

system("mkdir /home/work/outfiles");

should do it, but what specifically to put in double quotes and what
the effect of that is going to be, is OS-specific.

V

 

[Prateek R Karandikar]

I know how to read/write files using iostram, but I can't figure out
how to create a directory. Say I wan't to create a directory called
"/home/work/outfiles", how do I do that? I'm running red hat linux.

Rgs,

Patrik

"directory" ??? No such thing exists in Standard C++.

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