On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 10:42, Ketil Froyn wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Ketil Froyn wrote:
>
> > Hey, I actually thought that did
> >
> > mkdir /service/NAME
> > mkdir /service/NAME/log
> >
> > but it doesn't! Nice one! :)
>
> Hmm, seems my eyesight is getting worse by the minute.
>
> $ strace mkdir -p a/b/c 2>&1 | grep dir | tail -5
> mkdir("a", 0775) = 0
> chdir("a") = 0
> mkdir("b", 0775) = 0
> fchdir(3) = 0
> mkdir("a/b/c", 0777) = 0
>
> So mkdir -p doesn't help.
well it's certainly faster than typing both commands ;)
a race condition still exists, but the likelyhood is far lower. Just
another reason you shouldn't put them directly into /service ;)
-Jeremy
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