HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

mkdirp(3G) mkdirp(3G)

NAME

mkdirp(), rmdirp() - create, remove directories in a path

SYNOPSIS

#include <libgen.h>

int mkdirp (const char *path, mode_t

mode);

int rmdirp (char *d, char *

d1);

DESCRIPTION

mkdirp creates all the missing directories in the given path with the given mode. [See chmod(2) for the

values of mode.] The protection part of the mode argument is modiﬁed by the process’s ﬁle creation mask

(see umask(2)).

rmdirp removes directories in path d. This removal starts at the end of the path and moves back toward

the root as far as possible. If an error occurs, the remaining path is stored in d1.

rmdirp returns a 0

only if it is able to remove every directory in the path.

RETURN VALUE

If a needed directory cannot be created,

mkdirp

returns -1 and sets errno to one of the mkdir error

numbers. If all the directories are created, or existed to begin with, it returns zero.

EXAMPLES

/∗ 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");

WARNINGS

mkdirp uses malloc to allocate temporary space for the string.

rmdirp returns -2 if a ‘‘ .’’ or ‘‘ ..’’ is in the path and -3 if an attempt is made to remove the current

directory. If an error occurs other than one of the above, -1 is returned.