Creating directory in A5 for Linux and Windows

Creating directory in A5 for Linux and Windows

PeKaGM

Member #15,654

June 2014

Hi. I'm creating program in which I use funkction "mkdir" for creating directories. In Linux it must look like - mkdir(name_of_dir,0777) - and for Windows just
- mkdir(name_of_dir). How ca I made one source code that will compile in both systems with mkdir ? Now I have to change mkdir syntax when I want to compile for Win or Linux and therefore have two source codes. Or is other way to create directory which will be the same for both systems? Thanks for answers.

Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

you could try al_make_directory. If you must use mkdir, you can use ifdef's to pick which mkdir to use.

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Gideon Weems

Member #3,925

October 2003

Don't forget al_get_standard_path. For good examples of its usage, see "framework.c" from the skater demo and Todd Cope's 2014 SpeedHack entry.

Edit: Why no link?

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pkrcel

Member #14,001

February 2012

I guess the autolink works only in <code> tags?

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Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

Some functions may not be in matthew's api database? My best guess.

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

Uhm, what? al_get_standard_path

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pkrcel

Member #14,001

February 2012

al_get_standard_path vs. al_get_standard_path

just as I say two posts above

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Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

Well, yeah. it doens't work in pre tags. the auto linking is part of the syntax highlighting. Also try `this type of code tag`

Gideon Weems

Member #3,925

October 2003

Thanks, guys. I was thinking that code tags like al_get_standard_path refused to be inline for some reason.

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