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CeCreateDirectory (RAPI)

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This function creates a new directory on a remote Microsoft® Windows® CE–based device.

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 Values

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

Requirements

Pocket PC: Pocket PC 2000 and later
Smartphone: Smartphone 2002 and later
OS Versions: Windows CE 3.0 and later
Header: Rapi.h
Library: Rapi.lib

See Also

Remote API Functions | CeCreateFile | CeRemoveDirectory

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