tarfeef101
/
cs350


			
				
					
						
						
							123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960
							<html>
<head>
<title>mkdir</title>
<body bgcolor=#ffffff>
<h2 align=center>mkdir</h2>
<h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4>

<h3>Name</h3>
mkdir - create directory

<h3>Library</h3>
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

<h3>Synopsis</h3>
#include &lt;sys/stat.h&gt;<br>
<br>
int<br>
mkdir(const char *<em>pathname</em>, int <em>mode</em>);

<h3>Description</h3>

mkdir creates a directory named <em>name</em>, where <em>name</em> is
the last filename component in <em>pathname</em>. All the directories
named in the prefix portion of <em>pathname</em> must exist and must
in fact be directories, not ordinary files. The name <em>name</em>
must not already exist. The new directory must be created atomically.
<p>

The <em>mode</em> argument can be ignored in OS/161.
<p>

<h3>Return Values</h3>
On success, mkdir returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and
<A HREF=errno.html>errno</A> is set according to the error
encountered.

<h3>Errors</h3>

The following error codes should be returned under the conditions
given. Other error codes may be returned for other errors not
mentioned here.

<blockquote><table width=90%>
<td width=10%>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td>ENODEV</td>		<td>The device prefix of <em>pathname</em> did
				not exist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>ENOTDIR</td>	<td>A non-final component of <em>pathname</em>
				was not a directory.</td></tr>
<tr><td>ENOENT</td>		<td>A non-final component of <em>pathname</em>
				did not exist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>EEXIST</td>		<td>An object by the name <em>pathname</em>
				already exists.</td></tr>
<tr><td>ENOSPC</td>		<td>The filesystem the directory was to be
				created on is full.</td></tr>
<tr><td>EIO</td>		<td>A hard I/O error occurred.</td></tr>
<tr><td>EFAULT</td>		<td><em>pathname</em> was an invalid pointer.</td></tr>
</table></blockquote>

</body>
</html>