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authoryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-29 11:45:14 +0000
committeryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-29 11:45:14 +0000
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Add a note on what happens if the "-p" option is specified
and a final directory already exists. Reviewed by: freebsd-audit MFC after: 5 days
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diff --git a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1 b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1
index 54d9fac..82ca4e5 100644
--- a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1
+++ b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.1
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ are interpreted relative to an initial mode of
Create intermediate directories as required.
If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each
operand must already exist.
+On the other hand, with this option specified, no error will
+be reported if a directory given as an operand already exists.
Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of
.Li rwxrwxrwx (\&0777)
as modified by the current umask, plus write and search
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