bug#31912: Question for David MacKenzie - why an mkdir has no silent mode (-f key) like a chmod?

2018-06-21 Thread Paul Eggert
On 06/20/2018 04:18 AM, bgv@gmail.com wrote: A simple question for David MacKenzie - why an mkdir has no silent mode (-f key) like a chmod? David MacKenzie left the building long ago. It sounds like you're looking for 'mkdir -p'. If not, you can just ignore mkdir's exit status and

bug#31912: Question for David MacKenzie - why an mkdir has no silent mode (-f key) like a chmod?

2018-06-21 Thread Eric Blake
tag 31912 notabug thanks On 06/20/2018 06:18 AM, bgv@gmail.com wrote: Hi, A simple question for David MacKenzie - why an mkdir has no silent mode (-f key) like a chmod? I'm not David (and it's been a while since he's posted anything to this list anyway), but thanks to the wonders of