[gameprogrammer] Re: Linux equivalent of CreateDirectory

[Zac Propersi <rubix27@yahoo.com>]

I am not sure if this is double coverage, but I have
never used md in Linux unless it is just a fancy alias
to mkdir.  As far as having a function call to make a
directory you can just use the mkdir command which
takes in the parameters that you require. 
Unfortunately, you may have to create all non-existing
parent directories first ( There is an error code for
a missing parent directory ).  If you want more
information on the call just type in you command
prompt "man 2 mkdir".

Another way to solve this problem is to call a
commandline version of mkdir.  You can either do this
through a shell script or an exec-like interface, it
all comes out the same for your purposes.  The nice
thing about the command line is that you have the -p
option which automatically generates parent folders
for you.  If you were in an empty directory and typed
"mkdir -p foo/bar/baz/nuts/", it would create all of
the directories for you.  The nice thing is it doesn't
barf if a couple of the directories already exist
either.  To learn more about the commandline version
of mkdir type into your command prompt "man 1 mkdir".

You still have to do a bunch of directory tweaking if
you are running from a different directory than the
parent you want to use.  Hope this is helpful  :-)

                            ~Zac


	
		
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