NAME¶

gfs_mkdir - create a directory

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <gfarm/gfarm.h> char *gfs_mkdir (char * gfarm_url, gfarm_mode_t mode);

DESCRIPTION¶

gfs_mkdir() attempts to create a directory named gfarm_url. mode speficies the permissions to use. It is modified by the process's umask in the usual way: the permissions of the created file are (mode & ~umask).

RETURN VALUES¶

NULL

The function terminated successfully.

GFARM_ERR_NO_MEMORY

Insufficient memory was available.

GFARM_ERR_ALREADY_EXISTS

gfarm_url already exists (not necessarily as a directory). This includes the case where gfarm_url is a symbolic link, dangling or not.

GFARM_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT

The parent directory of gfarm_url does not exist.

GFARM_ERR_NOT_A_DIRECTORY

A component of the path prefix is not a directory.

Others

An error except the above occurred. The reason is shown by its pointed strings.