Using "C" - i have a program in which i am trying to create a new output folder to dump the output (a bunch of files) to. I want the new output directory to have a datestamp appended it along with a random identifier.

In bash, I can do this....

mkdir /tmp/directory.$(date +%Y%m%d).$$"

Is there a way to do this within a C program?

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HERE ARE THE VARIABLE DEFINITIONS I AM CURRENTLY USING

const char OUTPUTDIR[]="/tmp/kajun_output/";
char OUTPATH[STRINGLEN];

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AND HERE IS HOW I AM CURRENTLY MAKING THE DIRECTORY

mkdir(OUTPUTDIR,0777);

'mkdir()' function is correct way of making directories in C. As far as getting date/time data in C, look in the 'time.h' header file documentation ('man time.h'). There are all sorts of functions in there for getting and formatting time.

Good luck.

You can format a time using strftime, then print both the date/time string and the rest of the path to a buffer with snprintf. Lastly, use that buffer as the filename for mkdir.
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