Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:56:44 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: bug with mkdir Message-ID: <20010112135643.B9768@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <200101121716 DOT JAA01231 AT numericalmethods DOT com> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20010112125246 DOT 022135c0 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20010112125246.022135c0@pop.ma.ultranet.com>; from lhall@rfk.com on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:53:52PM -0500 On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:53:52PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 12:16 PM 1/12/2001, mark AT numericalmethods DOT com wrote: >>I think I may have found a bug in mkdir. >> >>When I try >> >> mkdir -p /dir >> >>Everything works fine. However, >> >> mkdir -p /dir >> >>it does not matter if the -p is superfluous or not, the directory is >>still not made. >> >>So, >> >>try: >> >> mkdir -p $HOME/test >> >>and see if the directory exists, if not (your behaviour matches mine), >>try >> >> mkdir $HOME/test >> >>The behaviour I am seeing is that the latter works as expected and the >>former fails. > >Hm, both of these work just fine for me. And, as with so many of these bug reports, if this *didn't* work the mailing list would be filled with people complaining about this terrible problem. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple