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mkdir: feature request --reference

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Message #11 received at 8749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>
To: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>, Shaun Jackman <sjackman <at> bcgsc.ca>
Cc: "8749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <8749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#8749: mkdir: feature request --reference
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:23:11 +0200

Bob Proulx wrote: 

> I generally dislike combining the functionality of several different
> commands into one command.  In this case combining mkdir and chmod and
> I don't see any reason they can't be used individually.  Plus mkdir
> already allows you to create directories with a specified permission
> and this is feature creep into the area of the 'install' command which
> also already allows creating directories of specified permissions.

well, 'mkdir --reference=file' could be the sister of 'touch -r file',
so creating a directory with both the perms and the timestamps of the
reference file/directory. I don't know when 'touch' has been enhanced
for '--reference' but wasn't it the same question then?

Have a nice day,
Berny

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