problem with mkdir -p on network-path

[Earnie Boyd]

--- David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday 8 Nov 00, Andrej Borsenkow writes:
> > 
> > > I use bash and fileutils from the latest distribution
> > > on Windows-NT 4.0 SP5.
> > >
> > > There is a domain server "GIS1" with a directory "GIS10".
> > >
> > > The directory //GIS1/GIS10/UT/software/GAA_31 exists,
> > > but not //GIS1/GIS10/UT/software/GAA_31/xxx.
> > >
> > > mkdir -p //GIS1/GIS10/UT/software/GAA_31/xxx
> > > delivers
> > > mkdir: cannot create directory `//GIS1': No such host or network path
> > >
> > > Question:
> > > Why tries mkdir to create the directory which already exists?
> > >
> > 
> > mkdir -p checks if every component of path exists and is directory. //GIS1
> is
> > _not_ directory (in the common sense). It is network server. And even
> > //GIS1/GIS10 is not a directory - it is share on network server.
> > 
> > I have no idea, how to check for existence of network server.
> Alternatively,
> > mkdir -p could just skip //server and start with //server/share - this
> check
> > is O.K.:
> > 
> > mw1g017@MW1G17C% [[ -d //itsrm2 ]] && print yes!
> > mw1g017@MW1G17C% [[ -d //itsrm2/Microsoft ]] && print yes!
> > yes!
> 
> Should mkdir be fixed to work across network shares, or shall I add
> this to the FAQ?
> 

Someone has to change it first; so, add it to the FAQ and make it a historical
entry after someone patches it.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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