Directory Control

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

Directory-Control Routines

Routine	Use	.NET Framework equivalent
_chdir, _wchdir	Change current working directory	System::Environment::CurrentDirectory
_chdrive	Change current drive	System::Environment::CurrentDirectory
_getcwd, _wgetcwd	Get current working directory for default drive	System::Environment::CurrentDirectory
_getdcwd, _wgetdcwd	Get current working directory for specified drive	System::Environment::CurrentDirectory
_getdiskfree	Populates a _diskfree_t structure with information about a disk drive.	Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.
_getdrive	Get current (default) drive	System::Environment::CurrentDirectory
_getdrives	Returns a bitmask representing the currently available disk drives.	Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.
_mkdir, _wmkdir	Make new directory	System::IO::Directory::CreateDirectory, System::IO::DirectoryInfo::CreateSubdirectory
_rmdir, _wrmdir	Remove directory	System::IO::Directory::Delete
_searchenv, _wsearchenv, _searchenv_s, _wsearchenv_s	Search for given file on specified paths	Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.

See Also

Reference

Run-Time Routines by Category

File Handling

System Calls

Change History

Date	History	Reason
March 2009	Added See Also links.	Customer feedback.