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bug#7738: Some advice needed
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From: |
Paul Eggert |
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Subject: |
bug#7738: Some advice needed |
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Date: |
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:18:12 -0800 |
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On 12/26/2010 09:24 AM, Jens Gunnarsson wrote:
> $ mkdir ~/dos/c
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/jens/dos/c': No such file or directory
The problem is that you're trying to make ~/dos/c
without making ~/dos first. This should work:
mkdir ~/dos ~/dos/c
And this will also work, and it'll be a bit simpler:
mkdir -p ~/dos/c
Admittedly the mkdir diagnostic is pretty bad here.