DosMkDir

This function has been renamed to "DosCreateDir". [1]

Description

This call creates a subdirectory.

Syntax

 DosMkDir

    (DirName, Reserved)

Parameters

DirName (PSZ) - input

Address of the ASCIIZ directory path name, which may or may not include a drive specification. If no drive is specified, the current drive is assumed.

DosQSysInfo is called by an application during initialization to determine the maximum path length allowed by OS/2.

Reserved (ULONG) - input

Reserved and must be set to zero.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 3 ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND
• 5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
• 26 ERROR_NOT_DOS_DISK
• 87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
• 108 ERROR_DRIVE_LOCKED
• 206 ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE

Remarks

If any subdirectory names in the path do not exist, the subdirectory is not created. Upon return, a subdirectory is created at the end of the specified path.

DosQSysInfo must be used by an application to determine the maximum path length supported by OS/2. The returned value should be used to dynamically allocate buffers that are to be used to store paths.

If a program running with the NEWFILES bit set tries to create a directory with blanks immediately preceding the dot on a FAT drive, the system rejects the name. For example, if c: is a FAT drive, the name "file .txt" is rejected and the name "file.txt" is accepted.

Example Code

C Binding

#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR

USHORT  rc = DosMkDir(DirName, Reserved);

PSZ              DirName;       /* New directory string name */
ULONG            0;             /* Reserved (must be zero) */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN  DosMkDir:FAR
INCL_DOSFILEMGR     EQU 1

PUSH@  ASCIIZ  DirName       ;New directory name string
PUSH   DWORD   0             ;Reserved (must be zero)
CALL   DosMkDir

Returns WORD