Subject: bug#6363: closed (Re: bug#8246: dired-create-directory should say at least one word in the case that it fails to do what it is supposed to)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:09:02 +0000

Your bug report

#8246: dired-create-directory doesn't say anything if directory already exists

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#8246: dired-create-directory should say at least one word in the case that it fails to do what it is supposed to
From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:08:01 -0400
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[email-masked] writes:

> Please please please implement similar warnings to
>
>    # mkdir /
>    mkdir: cannot create directory `/': File exists
>    # mkdir /dev/null
>    mkdir: cannot create directory `/dev/null': File exists
>
> Even one murmur would be great!
>
> for
> + runs the command dired-create-directory

Fair enough.  Added to trunk.

Subject: dired-create-directory doesn't say anything if directory already exists
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:18:38 +0800
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Try this, oh five times.
(dired-create-directory "/media/")

Yup, if the directory already exists, there is no error. Nothing.
Nor does the docstring say what the deal is.
emacs-version "24.0.50.1"