Create a directory in C

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Hi,

I am usnig C on AIX.
I want to create a directory in some path.
Before creating it, i want to check if it already exist or not.
How can I do these things in C? Please help me out.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 22-Apr-10 0:30am

Poonamol

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Hi,

Thanks for reply I am using plain C code on AIX.
I had included sys/types.h and sys/stat.h

sprintf(DocDir,"%s/%s",<PATH OF DIR>,"DIRNAME");
mkdir(DocDir,0777);

But receiving error as,
the text "mkdir" is unexpected.

Please help me out.

Posted 22-Apr-10 1:12am

Poonamol

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Maximilien · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-22T01:00:00

Solution 2

I think you should be able to use the _mkdir and _access functions.

Max.

Posted 22-Apr-10 1:00am

Maximilien

khalid khatri · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-22T00:58:00

Hello I send some code for create new directory
just you add button and set it's click event this code

if (System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("C:/Hello").Exists)
    {
         MessageBox.Show("AllReady Available");
    }
    else
    {
         System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("C:/Hello");
         MessageBox.Show("Create Directory");
    }

Hope For Help