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Synopsis:
    #include <sys\types.h>
    #include <direct.h>
    int mkdir( const char *path );

Description:
    The mkdir function creates a new subdirectory with name path.  The path
    can be either relative to the current working directory or it can be an
    absolute path name.

Returns:
    The mkdir function returns zero if successful, and a non-zero value
    otherwise.

Errors:
    When an error has occurred,  errno contains a value indicating the type
    of error that has been detected.

    EACCES
        Search permission is denied for a component of path or write
        permission is denied on the parent directory of the directory to be
        created.

    ENOENT
        The specified path does not exist or path is an empty string.


See Also:
    chdir, chmod, getcwd, rmdir, stat, umask

Example:
    To make a new directory called \watcom on drive C:

    #include <sys\types.h>
    #include <direct.h>

    void main()
      {
        mkdir( "c:\\watcom" );
      }

    Note the use of two adjacent backslash characters (\) within
    character-string constants to signify a single backslash.

Classification:
    POSIX 1003.1

Systems:
    All