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- From: ngervae@next.com (Nik Gervae)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
- Subject: Re: recursive mkdir
- Message-ID: <4853@rosie.NeXT.COM>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 20:59:13 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.130437.26357@prl.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Aug18.130437.26357@prl.dec.com> boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
- writes:
- > In article <1992Aug18.033048.7574@physiol.su.OZ.AU>, john@physiol.su.OZ.AU
- (John Mackin) writes:
- > >
- > > I append to this message a _portable_ recursive mkdir written in plain
- > > vanilla sh. As an added bonus, it even has error checking! Gosh!
- > >
- >
- > 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.
-
- What about "mkdirs"? Is that not a standard command?
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