Hi MC, On Sunday 04 June 2006 20:48, mal content wrote: > Is this expected behaviour (I'm using the mkdir utility > for the example, but the problem occurs using the system > call directly): > > # mkdir . > mkdir: .: File exists > # mkdir .. > mkdir: ..: File exists > > Now, the unusual one: > > # mkdir / > mkdir: /: Is a directory > > Shouldn't it say 'file exists'? In fact, the _only_ directory that I could find that shows this behaviour is /. (I am using 6-stable)
> > The mkdir() man page doesn't say that the function can set > errno to EISDIR and yet that's what's happening here. > I did some research on it, and it seems the mkdir utility is aware of the EISDIR error. Kinda weird if you ask me, since it isn't documented. Pieter de Goeje _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
