Re: mkdir -m and -p interaction

[Paul T. Darga]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:51:38AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > When running mkdir with -m and -p options, the specified mode is not
> > honored for parent directories.  This is consistent with the
> > documentation, but it strikes me as a bit bogus.  Is there a reason
> > for this behavior?
> 
> It's the tradition, and POSIX requires it.  See
> <http://www.opengroup.org/susv3/utilities/mkdir.html>.

Of course.  Should have looked there before sending mail over the
list.  Thanks for your quick response.

I still think that the behavior is nonintuitive, and that some sort of
GNU --extra-flag might be in order, but cooking up a patch for that
would be far more work than simply chmod-ing after mkdir-ing.

Thanks again,

Paul

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