(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_OpenFileStorage

Opens up a container for local filesystem storage.

Header File

Syntax

SDL_Storage* SDL_OpenFileStorage(const char *path);

Function Parameters

path

the base path prepended to all storage paths, or NULL for no base path

Return Value

Returns a filesystem storage container on success or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

This is provided for development and tools. Portable applications should use SDL_OpenTitleStorage() for access to game data and SDL_OpenUserStorage() for access to user data.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.