On 03/28/2012 02:07 PM, AngusC wrote: > > Hello > > I am using cygwin and have copied the core cygwin files to a folder called > binarytools on my Windows PC. This folder is first item in path env > variable. > > When I run make it has commands to do a mkdir -p <foldername> > > But mkdir -p myfolder creates a folder called -p and also a folder called > myfolder??? > > Why the strange behaviour? How would I get the standard unix behaviour?
Probably because you used cmd's builtin 'mkdir' (which doesn't understand -p) rather than actually invoking /bin/mkdir (of course, since you are running in cmd, that would be spelled c:\path\to\cygwin\bin\mkdir). Why are you using cmd in the first place? Cygwin also provides 'bash' as a shell, and bash doesn't have a broken builtin mkdir like cmd does. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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