Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 17:45:43 +1000 (EST) From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/594: "mkdir -p some/path/" fails to create last path component when path has trailing slash Message-ID: <199507080745.RAA17990@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <199507060128.LAA21203@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Jul 6, 95 11:28:28 am
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Bruce Evans writes: > > "mkdir -p some/path/" fails to create last path component when > > path has trailing slash > Note that ordinary mkdir(1) and mkdir(2) also fail to create "foo/" > although POSIX specifies that paths to directories may have an optional > trailing slash. I had this fixed in 1.1.5. There is an old PR about it. The problem is more widespread .. "rmdir foo/" fails and complains of "foo is a directory" (!) and "rm -rf foo/" does likewise, michael
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