GNU bug report logs - #41001
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test’: File exists

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jonny Grant <jg <at> jguk.org>

Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 15:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jonny Grant <jg <at> jguk.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 41001 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Subject: bug#41001: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test’: File exists
Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 23:41:43 +0100


On 02/05/2020 20:47, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 5/2/20 6:26 AM, Jonny Grant wrote:
>> If developers have race conditions in their shell scripts
> 
> I've personally fixed a bug in the GNU mkdir command that was triggered by such
> races. Core utilities should be reliable even when these races are happening.

Is a more accurate strerror considered unreliable?

Current:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test’: File exists

Proposed:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test’: Is a directory

Cheers, Jonny
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