Question

A simple question:
I’m using

system("mkdir /some/dest/");

on my program. How do I disable its output to the screen when running my program because if the dir exists, I get “mkdir: cannot create directory `/some/dest/’: File exists”

Tried to run

system("mkdir /some/dest/ > /dev/null");

but it didn’t work

Thanks

Answer 1

It’s a weird way to create directories from C code, taking into account that mkdir (1) itself is just a wrapper for mkdir (2) system call.

I’d recommend using mkdir (2).

P.s. By (2) I mean man category of documentation ($ man 2 mkdir), this is a category for system calls.