GNU bug report logs - #45258
mkdir man page unclear in describing -m flag

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Chris Colohan <chris <at> colohan.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 34009

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 45258 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, chris <at> colohan.com
Subject: bug#45258: mkdir man page unclear in describing -m flag
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:42:07 +0000

On 15/12/2020 20:00, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks for your bug report. I installed the attached patch; although it
> doesn't use the exact wording you proposed, I hope it works well enough.

I agree with adding the clarification to the man page,
thanks for doing that.

I also added an entry to:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils-gotchas.html#mkdir

cheers,
Pádraig
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