Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:44:15 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
X-Sender:	eliz AT is
To:	Arne John Glenstrup <panic AT diku DOT dk>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: mkdir chokes on `i386-msd' directory name
In-Reply-To:	<3613B711.77F0@diku.dk>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.981001214256.18395f-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Arne John Glenstrup wrote:

>   i386-
>   i386-m
>   i386-ms
> 
> but when I try `mkdir i386-msd' or `mkdir i386-msdos', it refuses,
> saying that the file exists (which isn't true)?

Are you sure you aren't invoking the built-in `mkdir' command of the 
shell you use?  Try `gmkdir' to be sure you invoke the DJGPP version from 
Fileutils.

If that doesn't help, post the output of "dir /x" in the directory where 
you are trying that.

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