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CeCreateDirectory (RAPI) (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This function creates a new directory on a remote Windows Embedded CEā€“based device.

Syntax

BOOL CeCreateDirectory(
  LPCWSTR lpPathName,
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes
);

Parameters

  • lpPathName
    [in] Long pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the path of the directory to be created.

    There is a default string size limit for paths of (MAX_PATH - 1) characters. An application can exceed this limit and use paths longer than (MAX_PATH - 1) characters by prepending \\?\ to the path. The \\?\ instructs CeCreateDirectory to disable path parsing, which then allows the use of paths longer than (MAX_PATH - 1). However, each component in the path cannot be more than (MAX_PATH - 1) characters long. This also works with Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names. The \\?\ is ignored as part of the path. For example, \\?\C:\myworld\private is seen as C:\myworld\private.

Note

The NULL terminating character is considered part of the count - hence, the character length limit is one less than MAX_PATH.

  • lpSecurityAttributes
    Ignored; set to NULL.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call CeGetLastError and CeRapiGetError.

Requirements

Header rapi.h
Library rapi.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later

See Also

Reference

RAPI Functions
CeCreateFile (RAPI)
CeRemoveDirectory (RAPI)