Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:57:29 -0800 From: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mkdir glitch? Message-ID: <15485.32889.596643.502952@horsey.gshapiro.net> In-Reply-To: <200202280054.g1S0seWT013420@virtual-voodoo.com> References: <200202280054.g1S0seWT013420@virtual-voodoo.com>
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steve> Am I being obtuse here? steve> saiya# mkdir -p /usr/local/www/cgi-bin.default/sqwebmail steve> mkdir: /usr/local/www/cgi-bin.default/sqwebmail: File exists steve> I thought the '-p' option would not return an error if the steve> directory already exists? Are you sure sqwebmail isn't a file? Keep in mind the error is *file* exists, not directory. /home/gshapiro> ls -lagd /home/gshapiro/Work /home/gshapiro/Work/todo drwx-----x 2 gshapiro gshapiro 512 Feb 27 10:43 /home/gshapiro/Work -rw-r--r-- 1 gshapiro gshapiro 163 Feb 24 10:45 /home/gshapiro/Work/todo /home/gshapiro> mkdir -p /home/gshapiro/Work /home/gshapiro> mkdir -p /home/gshapiro/Work/todo mkdir: /home/gshapiro/Work/todo: File exists Looks to me like it is doing the right thing. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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