Re: The /tmp and modules_install saga

Ken Pizzini (ken@halcyon.com)
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:49:38 -0600

On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 19:07:55 +0200 (MET DST),
Peter T. Breuer <ptb@it.uc3m.es> wrote:
>> # I'm retarded. I don't know what -p does for mkdir!
>>
>> Creates the parents if necessary :)
>
>Bet that's gnu and not posix. If it is posix, I'll pinch it.

It's POSIX.

Quoting from IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (AKA POSIX.2):
4.41 mkdir - Make directories
[snip]
4.41.3 Options
[snip]
-p Create any missing intermediate pathname components.

--Ken Pizzini

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