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CreateDirectory (Compact 2013)

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3/26/2014

This function creates a new directory. If the underlying file system supports security on files and directories, the function applies a specified security descriptor to the new directory.

Syntax

BOOL CreateDirectory(
  LPCTSTR lpPathName, 
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes 
);

Parameters

  • lpPathName
    [in] Long pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the path of the directory to be created.

    There is a default string size limit for paths of MAX_PATH characters. This limit is related to how this function parses paths.

  • lpSecurityAttributes
    [in] Ignored; set to NULL.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

This function is not recursive. It can create only the final directory in a path. That is, if a parent or intermediate directory does not exist, the function fails with error message ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND.

Some file systems, such as NTFS file system, support compression or encryption for individual files and directories. On volumes formatted for such a file system, a new directory inherits the compression and encryption attributes of the parent directory.

The full path is put into canonical form before this function processes a path name. Therefore, trailing backslashes in a user-provided path name are ignored.

Requirements

Header

winbase.h

Library

coredll.lib

See Also

Reference

File I/O Functions
CreateFile
RemoveDirectory