C function call is giving me a "too many arguments" error - c

Question

I'm getting a "too many arguments in function call" error in my C program. The error occurs at a line where I'm calling a function that has a fixed number of arguments. I'm not sure why I'm getting this error, as I'm not passing in more arguments than the function expects. Here's the code where the error occurs:
if (mkdir(path, 0777) == -1)
Here is full code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#define BUF_SIZE 1024
#define MAX_ARGS 10
// Print the usage message for the program
void print_usage() {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: syscalls <command> [arguments]\n");
}
// Read the contents of a file and write them to stdout
int read_file(const char *path) {
static char buf[BUF_SIZE];
int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
ssize_t num_read;
while ((num_read = read(fd, buf, BUF_SIZE)) > 0) {
if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, num_read) != num_read) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
}
if (num_read == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
// Write a set of lines to a file
int write_file(const char *path, char *lines[], int num_lines) {
int fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
if (fd == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
int total_bytes = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
const char *line = lines[i];
size_t len = strlen(line);
ssize_t num_written = pwrite(fd, line, len, total_bytes);
if (num_written == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write to %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
total_bytes += num_written;
}
printf("Wrote %d B\n", total_bytes);
return 0;
}
// Create a directory
int make_directory(const char *path) {
if (mkdir(path, 0777) == -1) {
if (errno == EEXIST) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s already exists\n", path);
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
}
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
// List the contents of a directory
int list_directory(const char *path) {
DIR *dir = opendir(path);
if (dir == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open directory %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
struct dirent *entry;
while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
printf("%s\n", entry->d_name);
}
if (closedir(dir) == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to close directory %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (argc < 2) {
print_usage();
return 1;
}
char *command = argv[1];
if (strcmp(command, "read") == 0) {
if (argc != 3) {
print_usage();
return 1;
}
return read_file(argv[2]);
} else if (strcmp(command, "write") == 0) {
if (argc < 4 || argc > MAX_ARGS + 2) {
print_usage();
return 1;
}
return write_file(argv[2], argv + 3, argc - 3);
} else if (strcmp(command, "mkdir") == 0) {
if (argc != 3) {
print_usage();
return 1;
}
return make_directory(argv[2]);
} else if (strcmp(command, "ls") == 0) {
if (argc != 3) {
print_usage();
return 1;
}
return list_directory(argv[2]);
} else {
print_usage();
return 1;
}
}
I am getting this error in terminal:
syscalls.c: In function 'write_file':
syscalls.c:54:31: warning: implicit declaration of function 'pwrite' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
ssize_t num_written = pwrite(fd, line, len, total_bytes);
^~~~~~
syscalls.c: In function 'make_directory':
syscalls.c:67:9: error: too many arguments to function 'mkdir'
if (mkdir(path, 0777) == -1) {
^~~~~
In file included from c:\mingw\include\unistd.h:56:0,
from syscalls.c:3:
c:\mingw\include\io.h:516:38: note: declared here
_CRTIMP __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW int mkdir (const char *);
Please help me to resolve this issue. Thank you

Answer 1

mkdir() is not specified in the C standard. It is specified in the POSIX standard, which is more or less a superset of the C standard.
This declaration of mkdir():
c:\mingw\include\io.h:516:38: note: declared here
_CRTIMP __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW int mkdir (const char *);
is the Microsoft version of the function, which takes a single argument, and does not conform to the POSIX standard.
From Microsoft's page:
The Microsoft-implemented POSIX function name mkdir is a deprecated
alias for the _mkdir function.
int _mkdir(
const char *dirname
);
Possible fix:
#ifdef _CRTIMP
#define mkdir(d,m) (mkdir)(d)
#endif
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