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String Pattern-Matching Library Functionsmkdirp(3GEN)


NAME

 mkdirp, rmdirp - create or remove directories in a path

SYNOPSIS

 
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lgen [ library ... ]
#include <libgen.h>
int mkdirp(const char *path, mode_t mode);
 int rmdirp(char *dir, char *dir1);

DESCRIPTION

 

The mkdirp() function creates all the missing directories in path with mode. See chmod(2) for the values of mode.

The rmdirp() function removes directories in path dir. This removal begins at the end of the path and moves backward toward the root as far as possible. If an error occurs, the remaining path is stored in dir1.

RETURN VALUES

 

If path already exists or if a needed directory cannot be created, mkdirp() returns -1 and sets errno to one of the error values listed for mkdir(2). It returns zero if all the directories are created.

The rmdirp() function returns 0 if it is able to remove every directory in the path. It returns -2 if a ``.'' or ``..'' is in the path and -3 if an attempt is made to remove the current directory. Otherwise it returns-1.

EXAMPLES

 Example 1. Example of creating scratch directories.
 

The following example creates scratch directories.

 
/* create scratch directories */
if(mkdirp("/tmp/sub1/sub2/sub3", 0755) == -1) {
	fprintf(stderr, "cannot create directory");
	exit(1);
}
chdir("/tmp/sub1/sub2/sub3");
.
.
.
/* cleanup */
chdir("/tmp");
rmdirp("sub1/sub2/sub3");

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelMT-Safe

SEE ALSO

 

chmod(2), mkdir(2), rmdir(2), malloc(3C), attributes(5)

NOTES

 

mkdirp() uses malloc(3C) to allocate temporary space for the string.

When compiling multithreaded applications, the _REENTRANT flag must be defined on the compile line. This flag should only be used in multithreaded applications.


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 5 Nov 1998

 
      
      
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