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Subject: problem with mkdir -p
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:21:47 +1100
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/apps/ is a link and the mkdir -p tries to create it and then fails because it already exists.

PC2765: /data/reprint
$ make install
mkdir -p /apps/bin/cba/bin
mkdir: cannot create directory `/apps': File exists
make: *** [/apps/bin/cba/bin] Error 1

PC2765: /data/reprint
$ ls -ald /apps
lrwxrwxrwx    1 Administ None          113 Mar 22  2002 /apps -> /cygdrive/c/data/apps

man mkdir
....
 -p, --parents
             no error if existing, make  parent  directories  as needed
....

Thanks
KenF


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