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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:28:50 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Question about mkdir and windows paths
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:36:02AM -0800, Peter Rehley wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm using mkdir with a windows path, and it's not working the way I 
>expect.  When I type the following command
>
>mkdir -p C:\\Cygwin\\tmp\hello; # cygwin and tmp already exist
>
>the directory is created.
>
>If I try the following
>
>rm -rf C:\\Cygwin\\tmp\\hello
>mkdir -p C:\\Cygwin\\tmp\\hello\\goodbye
>
>I get
>mkdir : cannot create directory `C:\\MontaVista\\tmp\\hello\\goodbye': 
>No such file or directory
>
>Is this the except behavior of mkdir or is there a bug here?  I've 
>check the source and noticed that the make_path function only looks for 
>'/'

One of the primary goals of cygwin is to avoid the use of windows paths to
avoid the requirement of adding special code to programs like mkdir.

cgf

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