mkdir

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Creates a directory.

Defined in header <dir.h>

Syntax

#include <dir.h>
int mkdir(const char *path);

Portability

DOS	UNIX	Windows	ANSI C	C++ only
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Remarks

mkdir is available on UNIX System V systems, though it then takes an additional parameter.

mkdir creates a new directory from the given path name path.

Return value

mkdir returns the value 0 if the new directory was created.

A return value of -1 indicates an error, and the global variable errno is set to one of the following values:

EACCES Permission denied ENOENT No such file or directory

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <process.h>
#include <dir.h>

int main(void)
{
  int status;

   clrscrO;
   status = mkdir ("asdfjklm");
   ([status) ?  (printf("Directory created\n")) :
                (printf("Unable to create directory\n"));

   getchO ;
   system("dir") ;
   getchO ;
   status = rmdir ("asdfjklm");
   if (status == 0)
     printf ("Directory deleted\n");
   else
     perror("Unable to delete  directory");
   return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

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Stable link: /3.1/dir.h/mkdir/ · short form /3.1/mkdir/