[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61338] mkdir silent on recreating existing directory

[Rik]

Update of bug #61338 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Fixed                  
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Confirmed.

The issue seems to be that Matlab is trying very hard for Matlab compatibility
here.  In the C++ function that is called by mkdir.m and does the real work I
find


  if (fs && fs.is_dir ())
    {
      // For Matlab compatibility, return true when directory already exists.
      return ovl (true, "directory exists", "mkdir");
    }


I tested with Matlab and it allows


mkdir foo
mkdir foo
mkdir foo


repeatedly.  Matlab does issue a warning in this case, rather than an error. 
I changed Octave to do the same thing in this changeset
(http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/120e878f343f).

Marking as fixed and closing report.


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