Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:24:20 GMT From: Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@apple.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/161673: mkdir(2) doesn't discuss EISDIR Message-ID: <201110142324.p9ENOKvF067791@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201110142330.p9ENU35h039923@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 161673 >Category: docs >Synopsis: mkdir(2) doesn't discuss EISDIR >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 14 23:30:03 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jeremy Huddleston >Release: 8.1 >Organization: Apple Inc >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd8.apple.com 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:36:49 UTC 2010 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: mkdir(2) can set errno to EISDIR, but the man page does not discuss this. You can use mkdir(1) to see this: $ mkdir / mkdir: /: Is a directory $ mkdir /var mkdir: /var: File exists >How-To-Repeat: $ mkdir / mkdir: /: Is a directory $ mkdir /var mkdir: /var: File exists >Fix: I would expect EEXIST to be returned for /, but EISDIR was set instead. I guess either update documentation or change the syscall to return EEXIST instead. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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