al_make_directory(3alleg5)

💖 al_make_directory 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API corner of the Allegro reference manual, where we make folders like it's nothing 🎀 this one's al_make_directory(3alleg5) and she's a whole vibe.

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✨ NAME ✨

al_make_directory — the Allegro 5 API function that just. makes. a directory. slay 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_make_directory(const char *path)

like, one include, one call, zero drama 💅

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

So here's the tea: this function creates a new directory on the filesystem. and not just that one directory either — she also creates any parent directories as needed, because she's a generous queen 👑 you want a folder three levels deep? she's already on it, building the whole little path family for you. main character energy fr fr ✨

And the returns? Here's how she reports back:

• Returns true on success — and yes, that includes if the directory already exists, so she's not gonna be weird about it if the folder was already there. she's chill like that 🫶
• Otherwise returns false on error. 😭

And when things go sideways, she fills in Allegro's errno to indicate the error — so go check that if you're confused about why she said no.

lowkey reminder: false means check your errno, bestie, don't just sit there guessing 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_get_errno(3alleg5) — the one you go read when she hits you with that false 🙈

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💜 mwah, tysm for reading, this was al_make_directory(3alleg5) from the Allegro reference manual — go forth and make folders, icon, you got this 🎀✨🌸