I've run into a small issue.

I use PhysFS as the file interface to load all my data and so forth.

However, now I have a file that I need to read and write to on the hard drive. I also have a directory to make on the user path.

However, it appears that PhysFS has control and trying to make a directory in c:/users/.... is failing because PhysFS is looking for it in my archive (I think).

How can I get normal paths and virtual paths to work together?

can't you mount the system fs on its own virtual mount in physfs?

I'm not sure what the syntax should be.

I tried:

PHYSFS_addToSearchPath("/", 1)

Edit:

setting the interface is not working.

ALLEGRO_PATH* path = al_get_standard_path(ALLEGRO_USER_DATA_PATH);
    std::string pathStr;
    pathStr += al_path_cstr(path,ALLEGRO_NATIVE_PATH_SEP);
    al_set_standard_file_interface();
    bool made = al_make_directory(pathStr.c_str());
    int eno = al_get_errno();
    m_settingsPath = pathStr;
    al_destroy_path(path);

make directory is failing and when I check with the debugger, the make directory receives a vtable for physfs.

Try al_set_standard_fs_interface. Don't ask why they are separate things.

Oh, thanks. I had not even realized that there were 2 functions.