directory-control.md

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Learn more about: Directory Control	Directory Control	11/04/2016	controls [C++], directory directory control routines	a72dcf6f-f366-4d20-8850-0e19cc53ca18

Directory control

These routines access, modify, and obtain information about the directory structure.

Directory-control routines

Routine	Use
_chdir, _wchdir	Change current working directory
_chdrive	Change current drive
_getcwd, _wgetcwd	Get current working directory for default drive
_getdcwd, _wgetdcwd	Get current working directory for specified drive
_getdiskfree	Populates a _diskfree_t structure with information about a disk drive.
_getdrive	Get current (default) drive
_getdrives	Returns a bitmask representing the currently available disk drives.
_mkdir, _wmkdir	Make new directory
_rmdir, _wrmdir	Remove directory
_searchenv, _wsearchenv, _searchenv_s, _wsearchenv_s	Search for given file on specified paths

See also

Universal C runtime routines by category
File handling
System calls