CreateDirectory (Windows CE 5.0)
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.
A RAPI version of this function exists, and it is named CeCreateDirectory (RAPI).
BOOLCreateDirectory(LPCTSTRlpPathName, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTESlpSecurityAttributes );
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 the CreateDirectory function parses paths.
lpSecurityAttributes
[in] Ignored; set to NULL.
Return Values
Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
CreateDirectory is not recursive. The function can create only the final directory in a path. That is, if a parent or intermediate directory does not exist, the function will fail 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 its parent directory.
In Windows CE 5.0 and later, full path canonicalization is performed before CreateDirectory processes a path name. As a result, trailing backslashes that may appear in a user-provided path name are ignored.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Winbase.h.
Link Library: Coredll.lib.
See Also
CeCreateDirectory (RAPI) | CreateFile | RemoveDirectory
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