Re: Bug or Feature in mkdir(1)

[Eric Blake]

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According to Gordon Hamachi on 11/21/2008 1:58 PM:
> The problem is, when I use mkdir -p -m it only sets the mode of the
> last directory.  All of the parent directories take the default mode,
> which is not what I want.  It would be convenient if there were an
> option to apply the -m mode to all parents that get created.

Unfortunately for you, this is a feature and not a bug.  POSIX requires
this behavior:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/mkdir.html

"For each dir operand that does not name an existing directory, effects
equivalent to those caused by the following command shall occur:

mkdir -p -m $(umask -S),u+wx $(dirname dir) &&
mkdir [-m mode] dir"

Your only alternative is to create the directories in hierarchical order
yourself (although you should still use the -p option, in case some other
process is trying to create the directories in parallel).

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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