On 3/13/21 2:56 PM, Peng Yu wrote: > If not for backward compatibility, I’d think mknod ... p should be removed, > for this syntax is worse than that of mkfifo.
Just because the style to invoke it is ... different? This functionality is there since "The beginning", i.e., visible in the first coreutils commit. How could we be 100% sure that no one is using it? I'd say the backward compatibility aspect counts here. I'd let the dog sleep. Have a nice day, Berny
