Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem

On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 10:07:15PM -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> At 9:21 PM -0600 1/16/01, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> >
> >I guess we could snip away a trailing slash.  How about filesystems
> >with-non-slash element separators, any experience/opinions, anyone?
> 
>  From vms/vms.c:
> 
> /*{{{int my_mkdir(char *,Mode_t)*/
> int
> my_mkdir(char *dir, Mode_t mode)
> {
>    STRLEN dirlen = strlen(dir);
>    dTHX;
> 
>    /* zero length string sometimes gives ACCVIO */
>    if (dirlen == 0) return -1;
> 
>    /* CRTL mkdir() doesn't tolerate trailing /, since that implies
>     * null file name/type.  However, it's commonplace under Unix,
>     * so we'll allow it for a gain in portability.
>     */

Ha!  VMS is truly a trailblazer! :-)

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• [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by miki
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Stephen P. Potter
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Jarkko Hietaniemi
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Stephen P. Potter
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Jarkko Hietaniemi
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Jarkko Hietaniemi
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpathproblem by Craig A. Berry
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Jarkko Hietaniemi
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Russ Allbery
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Jarkko Hietaniemi
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by abigail
• Re: [ID 20010111.021] (builtin)mkdir and File::Path::mkpath problem by Jarkko Hietaniemi