SDL_CreateDirectory(3)

💖 SDL_CreateDirectory 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_CreateDirectory page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual ✨ this is the one that makes folders for you, no cap 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_CreateDirectory — make a directory, and like, all the missing parent directories too 🫶 she's thorough.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h>

bool SDL_CreateDirectory(const char *path);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ this one reports success if path already exists as a directory — like, she's not gonna be dramatic about it, if it's already there she's chill 💅

and if the parent directories are missing? she makes those too 🔥 it's giving "I'll handle it, don't worry about it" main character energy 👑

but listen — if this fails, it will not remove any parent directories it already made 😭 so yeah, partial results can stick around. no takebacks, fr fr.

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• path — the path of the directory to create 🍓

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns true on success or false on failure 🌈 and if it fails, call SDL_GetError() for more info, iykyk 💜

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

it is safe to call this function from any thread 🫶 go off, multithreaded queen 👑

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🔥 AVAILABILITY 🔥

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0 ⭐

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page bestie. go create some directories, you got this 💖

— brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, from SDL 3.4.18, dated SDL_CreateDirectory(3) 🌸 slay responsibly ✨