Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:51:45 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: mkdir -p through a dangling symlink Message-ID: <48691D31.9010202@FreeBSD.org>
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Suppose you do this: gohan20# ln -sf /y/portbuild /var/portbuild gohan20# mkdir -p /var/portbuild/scripts mkdir: /var/portbuild: No such file or directory (because /y/portbuild doesn't exist yet). Is this the correct behaviour, or should mkdir -p be creating /var/portbuild/ before failing? Kris
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