GNU bug report logs - #11111
Problems with mkdir -p usage

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: AngusC <anguscomber <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: AngusC <anguscomber <at> gmail.com>
To: Bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Problems with mkdir -p usage
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:46:26 -0700 (PDT)
Hello

I am using cygwin and have copied the core cygwin files to a folder called
binarytools on my Windows PC.  This folder is first item in path env
variable.

When I run make it has commands to do a mkdir -p <foldername>

But mkdir -p myfolder creates a folder called -p and also a folder called
myfolder???

Why the strange behaviour?

If I do which mkdir - it displays as below:
D:\>which mkdir
/binaryTools/mkdir

So it must be using the Cygwin version?

Angus

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