BSD syscall#216
svc · unix #216
mkcomplex
Legacy Carbon-era helper for creating complex HFS+ resource/data-fork pairs.
Prototype
int mkcomplex(const char *path, mode_t mode, u_long type);Returns: int
Arguments
| Name | Type | Dir | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | const char | - | |
| mode | mode_t | - | |
| type | u_long | - |
Version history
| XNU tag | macOS | # |
|---|---|---|
| xnu-1456.1.26 | macOS 10.6 Snow Leopard | 216 |
| xnu-1699.24.8 | macOS 10.7 Lion | 216 |
| xnu-1486.2.11 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1504.15.3 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1504.3.12 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1504.7.4 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1504.9.17 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1504.9.26 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1504.9.37 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1699.22.73 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1699.22.81 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1699.24.23 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1699.26.8 | — | 216 |
| xnu-1699.32.7 | — | 216 |
Notes
Effectively unused on modern macOS; APFS exposes a flat namespace without separate resource forks. Most callers should use open(O_CREAT) or fclonefileat instead.
Related APIs
openopenatfclonefileatgetattrlist