Create directory

Giovanny Gongora

Create a directory if it doesn't exist

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string>

int createDir(){
  struct stat st = {0};
  //checking if the directory exists
  if (stat("newdir", &st) == -1) {
    mkdir("newdir", 0755);
  }
  std::string mydir = "mydir";
  //need to convert from std::string to const char*
  if (stat(mydir.c_str(), &st) == -1) { //checking if the directory exists
    mkdir(mydir.c_str(), 0755);
  }
}