On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:36:02AM -0800, Peter Rehley wrote: >Hi, > >I'm using mkdir with a windows path, and it's not working the way I >expect. When I type the following command > >mkdir -p C:\\Cygwin\\tmp\hello; # cygwin and tmp already exist > >the directory is created. > >If I try the following > >rm -rf C:\\Cygwin\\tmp\\hello >mkdir -p C:\\Cygwin\\tmp\\hello\\goodbye > >I get >mkdir : cannot create directory `C:\\MontaVista\\tmp\\hello\\goodbye': >No such file or directory > >Is this the except behavior of mkdir or is there a bug here? I've >check the source and noticed that the make_path function only looks for >'/'
One of the primary goals of cygwin is to avoid the use of windows paths to avoid the requirement of adding special code to programs like mkdir. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
