From: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Directory access - easy method? Date: 18 Aug 1999 18:37:22 GMT Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Message-ID: <7peuh2$se3$1@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: <37BAF973 DOT 6D5C AT ns DOT sympatico DOT ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: spica-144.lu.erisoft.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 18 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Klaas (klaas AT ns DOT sympatico DOT ca) wrote: : In allegro, in any of the "load_file" function, I can't specify a : directory, or else the file will not be found. What are other : alternatives? : eg. : load_midi("temp.mid"); //works fine : load_midi("midi\temp.mid"); //returns NULL pointer Well, you aren't specifying a directory but a file named "miditemp.mid". Try reading up on your C knowledge or "midi/temp.mid". Right, MartinS