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Subject: bin/34727: ``/bin/mkdir -p /'' fails
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>Number:         34727
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ``/bin/mkdir -p /'' fails
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 07 20:30:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mikhail Teterin
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Virtual Estates, Inc.
>Environment:

	The buildworld done on Feb 5.

>Description:
	For some reason, mkdir -p / fails...

	I thought, -p is supposed to make it exit quietly in case the
	requested directory already exists.

>How-To-Repeat:

	/bin/mkdir -p /
	mkdir: /: Is a directory

>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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