Re: problem with mkdir -p

On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 05:21:47PM +1100, Ken Foskey wrote: > >/apps/ is a link and the mkdir -p tries to create it and then fails because it >already exists. > >PC2765: /data/reprint >$ make install >mkdir -p /apps/bin/cba/bin >mkdir: cannot create directory `/apps': File exists >make: *** [/apps

problem with mkdir -p

/apps/ is a link and the mkdir -p tries to create it and then fails because it already exists. PC2765: /data/reprint $ make install mkdir -p /apps/bin/cba/bin mkdir: cannot create directory `/apps': File exists make: *** [/apps/bin/cba/bin] Error 1 PC2765: /data/reprint $ ls -ald /apps lrwxrwxr