making a directory

[Gurpreet Singh]

hi everyone,
i want to create a folder on the harddisk using c program.
the folder is infact a nested folder like sec1\subsec22\subsec9
to be created in c:\ drive.
I tried the following statement
mkdir ( c:\\sec1\\subsec22\\subsec9);
but it does not work.

the 'system' command system("md sec1\\subsec22\\subsec9")
is also not working.

Please help whether there is some problem in syntax or some special
setting is to be done prior to using the 'system' command.

Is there any alternative by which i can create the folder.

Note that neither mkdir nor rmdir is working with such a path.

 

[Ian Collins]

hi everyone,
i want to create a folder on the harddisk using c program.
the folder is infact a nested folder like sec1\subsec22\subsec9
to be created in c:\ drive.
I tried the following statement
mkdir ( c:\\sec1\\subsec22\\subsec9);
but it does not work.

While off topic, the answer is simple: create the path one level at a time.

 

[Zeppe]

hi everyone,
i want to create a folder on the harddisk using c program.
the folder is infact a nested folder like sec1\subsec22\subsec9
to be created in c:\ drive.
I tried the following statement
mkdir ( c:\\sec1\\subsec22\\subsec9);
but it does not work.

the 'system' command system("md sec1\\subsec22\\subsec9")
is also not working.

Please help whether there is some problem in syntax or some special
setting is to be done prior to using the 'system' command.

Is there any alternative by which i can create the folder.

Note that neither mkdir nor rmdir is working with such a path.

in addition to the Ian's suggestion to create them one at time, take a
look to boost::filesystem
(http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm)

Regards,

Zeppe

 

[Juha Nieminen]

in addition to the Ian's suggestion to create them one at time, take a
look to boost::filesystem
(http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm)

Another option, if you are content using the POSIX standard (which
IMO is ok if you are just making a program for yourself, or for
distributing for POSIX-compliant systems, ie. most unix systems):

http://swoolley.org/man.cgi/2/mkdir