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Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 05:03:11PM +0100, klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de wrote: > >Hello, > > > >i´m using mkdir (GNU Fileutils 4.0) of the latest cygwin and it seems that the -p option > >is not correct handled with all path-styles: > > mkdir -p <driveletter>:/any/path/to/a/new/dir > >and > > mkdir -p /cygdrive/<driveletter>/any/path/to/a/new/dir > >are working correct. But if i write > > mkdir -p //<driveletter>/any/path/to/a/new/dir > >then the file is not created if it doesn´t exists (wrong), if it exists already > >nothing is done (correct). > > > >I know that this pathstyle (//driveletter>/...) is somehow "deprecated" but IMHO > >nevertheless it should be handled correct by every tools at least until this style is officially > >not supported. > > I really can't get too excited about getting an obscure use of a > deprecated feature working. > > Perhaps you would like to submit a patch if this is important to you. I can't get too excited about a patch being applied for it either. Now on the other hand if `mkdir -p //host/share/foodir/bardir doesn't work then that is a different matter. I would like to push for making //<driveletter>/... invalid after the 1.1.8 release. Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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