problem with mkdir -p

cygwin@cygwin.com cygwin@cygwin.com
Mon Nov 4 22:24:00 GMT 2002


On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 05:21:47PM +1100, Ken Foskey wrote:
>
>/apps/ is a link and the mkdir -p tries to create it and then fails because it already exists.
>
>PC2765: /data/reprint
>$ make install
>mkdir -p /apps/bin/cba/bin
>mkdir: cannot create directory `/apps': File exists
>make: *** [/apps/bin/cba/bin] Error 1
>
>PC2765: /data/reprint
>$ ls -ald /apps
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 Administ None          113 Mar 22  2002 /apps -> /cygdrive/c/data/apps
>
>man mkdir
>....
> -p, --parents
>             no error if existing, make  parent  directories  as needed
>....

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