Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This should bomb out right away, > $ install -d /var/lib/dpkg/status /tmp/var/lib/dpkg/status > install: `/var/lib/dpkg/status' exists but is not a directory > > instead of still creating /tmp/var/lib/dpkg/status.
Why? Most other tools (cp, rm, mkdir, mv) continue processing remaining command line arguments even if one provokes an error. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
