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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:33:57 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: system mkdir
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 01:31:26PM -0700, Fitzy wrote:
>?Hello,
>? I have a program which I wrote using Visual Studio 2010, everything
>works fine there.
>Now I'm trying to get it all running properly under Cygwin. ?It is
>compiling successfully, but the following does not work:
>system("mkdir temp");
>I use this to create a temporary directory to which temporary files
>are written. ?It is then deleted when the program is finished.
>?Under VS this command works, under Cygwin it does nothing. ?I've
>tried various alternatives
>"sudo mkdir temp" etc...
>?But can't find anything that will programatically create a directory
>under Cygwin.
>
>?Does anyone know how to do this?

Yes.  Use the mkdir() function.  That is, in fact, very similar to how it
should be done in Visual Studio too.

cgf

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