$ perl6 -v
This is Rakudo version 2017.07 built on MoarVM version 2017.07
implementing Perl 6.c.
$ perl6
To exit type 'exit' or '^D'
> '/'.IO.d
True
> try { mkdir '/' }
"/".IO
> if $! { say "Fail" } else { say "Bazinga" }
Bazinga
So the mkdir / would have failed because the dir exists. But it is a .d so
maybe that's ok.
Lets try mkdir on an existing file that we also have permissions to modify.
> 'afile'.IO.d
False
> 'afile'.IO.e
True
> try { mkdir 'afile' }
"afile".IO
> if $! { say "Fail" } else { say "Bazinga" }
Bazinga
> 'afile'.IO.d
False
>
Surely that mkdir should fail?
mkdir does fail properly sometimes:
> try { mkdir '/root/noway' }
Nil
> if $! { say "Fail" } else { say "Bazinga" }
Fail
In perl5:
DB<3> mkdir "afile" or warn "$!\n"
File exists
DB<4> mkdir "/" or warn "$!\n"
File exists
DB<5> mkdir "/root/noway" or warn "$!\n"
Permission denied
DB<6> mkdir "adir" or warn "$!\n"
DB<7> mkdir "adir" or warn "$!\n"
File exists
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