[gameprogrammer] Re: Linux equivalent of CreateDirectory
- From: "Alan Wolfe" <atrix2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 11:28:15 -0700
oops!
mkdir is the command i was thinking of not md.
sorry for the confusion (replace md with mkdir in the code examples and you
should be good to go).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zac Propersi" <rubix27@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:14 AM
Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Linux equivalent of CreateDirectory
> 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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