visual studio 2008 - mkdir c++ function

Question

I need to use the mkdir c++ function in VS 2008 which takes two arguments and is deprecated from VS 2005.

However this function is used in our code and I need to write a standalone product (containing only mkdir function) to debug something.

What header files do I need to import? I used direct.h, however compiler complains that the argument does not take 2 arguments (reason for this is the function was deprecated in VS 2005).

mkdir("C:hello",0);

Answer 1

If you want to write cross-platform code, you can use boost::filesystem routines

#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
boost::filesystem::create_directory("dirname");

This does add a library dependency but chances are you are going to use other filesystem routines as well and boost::filesystem has some great interfaces for that.

If you only need to make a new directory and if you are only going to use VS 2008, you can use _mkdir() as others have noted.