On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 22 August 2006 16:57, mwoehlke wrote:
>
> > Dave Korn wrote:
> >> On 22 August 2006 07:50, Guillaume MARTIN wrote:
> >>
> >>> How could I install mkdir in cygwin ?
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp> alias mkdirhier='mkdir -p'
> >
> > ...but you would have to set that alias in whatever this script is...
>
> Yep. Or in your global /etc/profile or whereever.
>
> > Better:
> >
> > $ cat > /bin/mkdirhier
> >>
> > mkdir -p "$@"
> > ^D
> > $ chmod +x /bin/mkdirhier
> >
> > (Note: ^D above means hold 'ctrl' and press 'D')
>
> Would be even better if you put a shebang on the first line, in case it's
> invoked from a non-bash shell.
And wrapped in an exec, both to propagate the exit code, and to avoid
having an extra bash process hanging around, i.e.,
exec mkdir -p "$@"
:-)
Igor
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