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Chapter 8 Utility Library
© National Instruments Corporation 8-55 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries
Example
/* make a new directory named \DATA\WAVEFORM on drive C /*
/* assuming that C:\DATA does not exist */
MakeDir ("C:\\DATA");
MakeDir ("C:\\DATA\\WAVEFORM");
MakePathname
void
MakePathname (
char
directoryName
[]
,
char
fileName
[]
,
char
pathName
[]
);
Purpose
Constructs a path name from a directory path and a filename. The subroutine ensures that the
directory path and the filename are separated by a backslash.
Parameters
Input
directoryName
string Directory path.
fileName
string Base file name and extension.
Output
pathName
string Path name.
Return Value
None
Parameter Discussion
pathName must be at least
MAX_PATHNAME_LEN
bytes long. If the pathName constructed
from directoryName and fileName exceeds that size, an empty string is returned in pathName.
Example
char dirname[MAX_PATHNAME_LEN];
char pathname[MAX_PATHNAME_LEN];
GetProjectDir (dirname);
MakePathname (dirname, "FILE.DAT", pathname);