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Subject: RE: Cygwin: mkdir fails on UNC pathnames (FAQ alert)
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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:01:10 +1000
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Thread-Topic: Cygwin: mkdir fails on UNC pathnames (FAQ alert)
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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Cc: "David Starks-Browning" <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Huh? 

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com]
> 
> 
> Robert could you add this to the FAQ?  GNU mkdir doesn't 
> understand UNC
> paths.
> 
> cgf
> 
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:09:20AM +0200, Ralf Fassel wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >mkdir fails to create UNC pathnames properly on Winnt/Cygwin.
> >
> >    $ net use \* '\\server\share' 'passwd'
> >    [share info displayed]
> >
> >    $ type mkdir
> >    mkdir is hashed (/usr/bin/mkdir)
> >
> >    $ mkdir -p //server/share/some/nonexistent/directory
> >    mkdir: cannot create directory 
> `//server/share/some/nonexistent/directory': No such file or directory
> >
> >    $ ls -l //server/share/some/
> >    ls: //server/share/some/: No such file or directory
> >    
> >Instead a local path has been created:
> >    $ ls -l /server/share/some/
> >    total 0
> >    drwxrwxrwx    2 ralf     Kein            0 Jun 20 08:59 
> nonexistent
> >
> >Creating those pathes via the mount-points works OK.
> >   $ mkdir -p k:/some/nonexistent/directory
> >   $ mkdir -p /k/some/nonexistent/directory
> >    
> >---------------------------------------
> >System info:
> >
> >$ uname -a
> >CYGWIN_NT-4.0 MARS 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) 2001-05-20 23:28 i686 unknown
> >
> >$ cygcheck -s
> >
> >Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> >Current System Time: Wed Jun 20 09:01:17 2001
> >
> >WinNT Ver 4.0 build 1381 Service Pack 4
> >
> >Path:	/usr/bin
> >	/c/local/bin
> >	/c/programme/devstudio/sharedide/bin/ide
> >	/c/programme/devstudio/sharedide/bin
> >	/c/programme/devstudio/VC/bin
> >	/usr/local/bin
> >	/usr/bin
> >	/bin
> >	/cygdrive/c/NuTC/mksnt
> >	/cygdrive/c/programme/devstudio/vc/bin
> >	/cygdrive/c/programme/devstudio/sharedide/bin
> >	/usr/bin
> >	/cygdrive/c/winnt/system32
> >	/c/winnt/system32
> >
> >SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
> >WinDir: C:\WINNT
> >
> >PWD = `/home/ralf'
> >CYGWIN = `binmode tty ntsec'
> >USER = `ralf'
> >MAKE_MODE = `unix'
> >HOME = `/home/ralf'
> >
> >Use `-r' to scan registry
> >
> >a:  fd           N/A    N/A                    
> >c:  hd  NTFS    2014Mb  93% CP CS UN PA FC     NT_Workst
> >d:  fd           N/A    N/A                    
> >e:  hd  NTFS    3200Mb  82% CP CS UN PA FC     Daten_und_so
> >f:  net NTFS    8117Mb  91% CP CS    PA        ralf
> >g:  net NTFS    8117Mb  91% CP CS    PA        ralf
> >h:  net          N/A    N/A                    
> >i:  net NTFS    8117Mb  91% CP CS    PA        ralf
> >j:  net NTFS    8117Mb  91% CP CS    PA        ralf
> >k:  net NTFS    8117Mb  91% CP CS    PA        ralf
> >s:  net NTFS    7986Mb  98% CP CS    PA        software
> >x:  cd           N/A    N/A                    
> >
> >C:\cygwin\bin  /usr/bin  system  binmode
> >C:\cygwin\lib  /usr/lib  system  binmode
> >C:\cygwin  /        system  binmode
> >c:\home  /home    system  binmode
> >c:\temp  /tmp     system  binmode
> >c:    /c       system  binmode,noumount
> >e:    /e       system  binmode,noumount
> >f:    /f       system  binmode,noumount
> >g:    /g       system  binmode,noumount
> >i:    /i       system  binmode,noumount
> >j:    /j       system  binmode,noumount
> >k:    /k       system  binmode,noumount
> >s:    /s       system  binmode,noumount
> >
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
> >Found: C:\WINNT\sh.exe
> >Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
> >
> >  497k 1997/05/07 C:\WINNT\System32\cygwin.dll
> >   56k 2000/12/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll
> >   18k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll
> >   17k 2001/01/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll
> >   14k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll
> >   81k 2001/04/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll
> >   35k 2001/04/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll
> >   45k 2000/10/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll
> >  108k 2001/01/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll
> >  390k 2001/01/18 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll
> >    5k 2001/01/18 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll
> >   10k 2001/01/18 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll
> >  243k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll
> >  623k 2001/04/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll
> >   41k 2000/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll
> >   45k 2000/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll
> >   49k 2001/02/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
> >  678k 2001/05/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> >    Cygwin DLL version info:
> >        dll major: 1003
> >        dll minor: 2
> >        dll epoch: 19
> >        dll bad signal mask: 19005
> >        dll old termios: 5
> >        dll malloc env: 28
> >        api major: 0
> >        api minor: 39
> >        shared data: 3
> >        dll identifier: cygwin1
> >        mount registry: 2
> >        cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
> >        cygwin registry name: Cygwin
> >        program options name: Program Options
> >        cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
> >        cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> >        cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> >        cygdrive default prefix: 
> >        build date: Sun May 20 23:28:17 EDT 2001
> >        shared id: cygwin1S3
> >
> >Use -h to see help about each section
> >
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