Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:27:47 +0000 Message-ID: <7089-Thu16Nov2000132747+0000-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> X-Mailer: emacs 20.7.1 (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I); VM 6.75 under Emacs 20.7.1 From: David Starks-Browning MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: RE: problem with mkdir -p on network-path In-Reply-To: <000501c04997$10893250$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> References: <3A09662C.912BC673@sicad.de> <000501c04997$10893250$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> On Wednesday 8 Nov 00, Andrej Borsenkow writes: > > > I use bash and fileutils from the latest distribution > > on Windows-NT 4.0 SP5. > > > > There is a domain server "GIS1" with a directory "GIS10". > > > > The directory //GIS1/GIS10/UT/software/GAA_31 exists, > > but not //GIS1/GIS10/UT/software/GAA_31/xxx. > > > > mkdir -p //GIS1/GIS10/UT/software/GAA_31/xxx > > delivers > > mkdir: cannot create directory `//GIS1': No such host or network path > > > > Question: > > Why tries mkdir to create the directory which already exists? > > > > mkdir -p checks if every component of path exists and is directory. //GIS1 is > _not_ directory (in the common sense). It is network server. And even > //GIS1/GIS10 is not a directory - it is share on network server. > > I have no idea, how to check for existence of network server. Alternatively, > mkdir -p could just skip //server and start with //server/share - this check > is O.K.: > > mw1g017@MW1G17C% [[ -d //itsrm2 ]] && print yes! > mw1g017@MW1G17C% [[ -d //itsrm2/Microsoft ]] && print yes! > yes! Should mkdir be fixed to work across network shares, or shall I add this to the FAQ? Cheers, David -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com