Hello!
Can this error message be clarified? The directory already exists, it is
not a file.
lib/mkdir-p.c:200 contains this line of code that triggers below:-
error (0, mkdir_errno, _("cannot create directory %s"), quote (dir));
As it's easy enough to know that the reason mkdir fails is because
'test' a directory that already exists.
Easy enough to check with stat() and S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)
Can this be changed? Maybe I can make a patch for it.
Jonny
$ mkdir test
$ mkdir test
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test’: File exists
$ mkdir --version
mkdir (GNU coreutils) 8.28
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by David MacKenzie.
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