MAKEPATH

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 2/22/89
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NAME

makepath - create intermediate directories for a path

SYNOPSIS

char *makepath(path, refpath, trace, showerrs);


char *path, *refpath;


int trace, showerrs;

DESCRIPTION

Makepath creates any directories missing in path. If refpath is non-null, then it must have a non-null trailing subpath that is common to path. The entire path will be created if refpath is given and refpath is the path of a directory, otherwise only the components preceding the final component will be created for path.

If trace is non-zero, diagnostics will be printed to stderr. If showerrs is non-zero error messages will be printed to stderr.

Makepath return 0 if successfull, 1 otherwise.

EXAMPLES

makepath("/foo/bar/baz", NULL, 1, 1);

will attempt create "/foo" and "/foo/bar", if they do not exist, printing out changes as they are made and errors, if they occur.