Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:30:02AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Pav Lucistnik wrote:
>>
>>> Still, the mkdir call may fall, and then the failure is less obvious to
>>> the user/porter.
>> If mkdir fails, the install of the files will fail,
> 
> For correctness' sake it should be noted that only in case of multiple
> file installations.  Single file will succeed (it will be installed with
> target directory name).

I was thinking of cp(1), but technically you are correct for
install(1). However even that issue can be addressed by doing 'install
file /usr/local/share/doc/dir/file' if you're really concerned about it.

Doug

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