+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define CREACONTOUR_VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR_CHAR '\\'
+#else
+#define CREACONTOUR_VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR_CHAR '/'
+#endif
+
+ //=========================================================================
+std::string System::GetExecutablePath(){
+ char name[PATH_MAX];
+ //EED int err = get_app_path(name, PATH_MAX);
+ int err = System::GetAppPath(name,PATH_MAX);
+ if (err)
+ {
+ printf("Could not determine current executable path ? ");
+ }
+ // remove the exe name
+ char *slash;
+ slash = strrchr(name, CREACONTOUR_VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+ if (slash)
+ {
+ *slash = 0;
+ }
+ return name;
+ }
+
+ void System::createDirectory(const char* directorypath){
+ #ifdef WIN32
+ if (CreateDirectory(directorypath, NULL) == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
+ {
+ std::cout<<"directory already exists "<<directorypath<<std::endl;
+ }else if(CreateDirectory(directorypath, NULL) == ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND){
+ std::string error = "Directory could not be created ";
+ error.append(directorypath);
+ throw error.c_str();
+ }
+ #endif
+ #ifdef LINUX
+ //! include sys/types.h
+ //! include sys/stat.h
+ //! int mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode);
+ //! read/write/search permissions for owner and group, and with read/search permissions for others S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH
+ int returnval = mkdir(directorypath, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
+
+ if(returnval != 0){
+ if(errno == EEXIST){
+ std::cout<<"directory already exists "<<directorypath<<std::endl;
+ }else{
+ std::string error = "Directory could not be created ";
+ error.append(directorypath);
+ throw error.c_str();
+ }
+ }
+ #endif
+ #ifdef MACOSX
+ //TODO
+ #endif
+ }