How do I recursively create a folder in Win32?

Question

I\'m trying to create a function that takes the name of a directory (C:\\foo\\bar, or ..\\foo\\bar\\..\\baz, or \\\\someserver\\foo\\bar

Answer 1

I'm modifying an old Windows CE app, and this is what I'm planning to use. Should work in Windows CE, too. This is actually recursive, too:

static void createPath(const CString& p)
{
   // only create directories that don't exist
   if (::GetFileAttributes(p) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
   {
      // check if our parent needs to be created, too...
      int i = p.ReverseFind('\\');
      if (i > 0)
      {
         // ...yes, create the parent (recursively)
         createPath(p.Left(i));
      }

      // finally, actually create the directory in p
      ::CreateDirectory(p, NULL);
   }
}