I'd like to suggest a possible new feature for mkdir and see what people think of it.
% ln -s nonexistent foo % mkdir foo mkdir: cannot create directory `foo': File exists There could be some kind of -f, --follow option so that mkdir will create the directory pointed to. You'd probably use it together with -p. Then 'mkdir -fp' would be a way to try everything sensible to make sure the destination exists and can be used as a directory (ie, is a directory itself or a symlink to one). Is this a sensible thing to put in mkdir or is there some existing Unix idiom that does what I want? I note that 'touch foo' when foo is a broken symlink will create the link destination if possible (though without making any directories, obviously). Whether this is an argument for or against the new flag to mkdir I am not sure. -- Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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