Direct.h

direct.h is a C/C++ header file provided by Microsoft Windows, which contains functions for manipulating file system directories. Some POSIX functions that do similar things are in unistd.h.

Member functions

Name	Action
int _chdir(char* path)	Change working directory.
int _chdrive(int drive)	Change disk drive.
char* _getcwd(char* buffer, size_t length)	Get working directory.
char *_getwd(char *path_name);	Get the current working directory pathname
int _getdrive(void)	Get disk drive.
int _mkdir(const char* pathname)	Make a directory.
int _rmdir(const char* pathname)	Remove a directory.
void _fnmerge(char* path, const char* drive, const char* dir, const char* name, const char* ext)	Merges drive, dir, name and ext into path.
int _fnsplit(const char* path, char* drive, char* dir, char* name, char* ext)	Splits path into drive, dir, name and ext.
char* _searchpath(const char* file)	Searches for a file.

See also

• File system
• Directory structure