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From: michaelm@cae.ca (Michael Moscovitch)
Subject: Re: mkdir -p in 4.4
Message-ID: <1994Aug2.165054.5020@cae.ca>
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Paul Cardon (pmarc@allanon.math.byu.edu) wrote:
: Does BSD4.4 indeed have the -p option for creating any intermediate directories  
: that don't already exist?

Does it also have the -d option on install to create directories?
I noticed that this is missing in FreeBSD 1.1 but I believe it was
available in NetBSD 0.9. Does POSIX have anything to say about it?

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: Paul M. Cardon

: Technical Editor - System Administration - NEXT IN LINE Magazine
: President of Provo OpenStep-NEXTSTEP User and Developer Group (PoNG)
: NEXTSTEP and HP System Manager - Math Department - Brigham Young University

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