creating a directory..?

[kbarrett]

I need to :
1. Test to see if a directory exists.
2. If the directory does NOT exist, create it.

I can do this in PERL easy!, but how to do it in C++ ???

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx

[Duthomhas]

Playing with directories and files is an OS-specific thing.

However, the Boost Filesystem library is very nice.
http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/index.htm

If you don't want to use Boost:

On Windows, check out MSDN. (Google msdn "directory management functions").

For unix and linux, check out the following:
http://linux.die.net/man/3/stat
http://linux.die.net/man/3/mkdir

Hope this helps.

[kbarrett]

thanks Duoas -

coming from Perl this is one of the more difficult transitions... in Perl I'd just :

if (-d "directoryname") { ... }

a piece of cake.

Thanks for the reply.

Ken

[Duthomhas]

True, but underneath the sweet metallic veneer are all the gears and grease that deals with the OS...

Life in the turing microcosm goes like this:
Machine Language
Assembly Language
OS services
High-level languages (like C, Pascal, etc.)
Script languages (like Perl and Tcl)
GUI interfaces (j/k! ;-)

The closer you get to the machine, the more wizardly you become. Enjoy the ride!