GNU bug report logs - #42804
mkdir saying it can't create folder although it created it

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Nick Levinson <nick_levinson <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Nick Levinson <nick_levinson <at> yahoo.com>
To: 42804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42804: mkdir saying it can't create folder although it created it
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:48:44 +0000 (UTC)

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When I use mkdir, when it succeeds sometimes it has no message, which is acceptable, but sometimes it says this:

mkdir: cannot create directory '<folder-name>': File exists
But the directory didn't exist before I used mkdir to make it, and I show hidden files, thus also hidden directories.
I suggest the message be clarified or corrected.
Thank you.
-- Nick
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