Create a directory if it doesn't exist
Use the WINAPI CreateDirectory()
function to create a folder.
You can use this function without checking if the directory already exists as it will fail but GetLastError()
will return ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS
:
if (CreateDirectory(OutputFolder.c_str(), NULL) ||
ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS == GetLastError())
{
// CopyFile(...)
}
else
{
// Failed to create directory.
}
The code for constructing the target file is incorrect:
string(OutputFolder+CopiedFile).c_str()
this would produce "D:\testEmploi Nam.docx"
: there is a missing path separator between the directory and the filename. Example fix:
string(OutputFolder+"\\"+CopiedFile).c_str()
#include <experimental/filesystem> // or #include <filesystem> for C++17 and up
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
if (!fs::is_directory("src") || !fs::exists("src")) { // Check if src folder exists
fs::create_directory("src"); // create src folder
}
Probably the easiest and most efficient way is to use boost and the boost::filesystem functions. This way you can build a directory simply and ensure that it is platform independent.
const char* path = _filePath.c_str();
boost::filesystem::path dir(path);
if(boost::filesystem::create_directory(dir))
{
std::cerr<< "Directory Created: "<<_filePath<<std::endl;
}
boost::filesystem::create_directory - documentation