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- From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
- Subject: Re: recursive mkdir
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.130437.26357@prl.dec.com>
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- References: <1992Aug12.234645.2589@newshost.lanl.gov> <glaze.093@glaze> <1992Aug18.033048.7574@physiol.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:04:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.033048.7574@physiol.su.OZ.AU>, john@physiol.su.OZ.AU (John Mackin) writes:
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- > I append to this message a _portable_ recursive mkdir written in plain
- > vanilla sh. As an added bonus, it even has error checking! Gosh!
- >
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- Funny things is that a (simplified) version of this script was published
- with the original UNIX paper(s) indicating one of the drawbacks of being
- able to do exactly that.
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- Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com
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