Re: when executing mkdir command ...... ??

[Bob Proulx]

Satyanarayana Ponugoti wrote:
> when $mkdir isis\is 
> 
> command is executed, 
> 
> it creates a directory by name isisis,
> 
> and the same result is shown when $mkdir isisis
> 
> is executed,

Yes.  That is correct.  There is nothing special about '\i' and so the
shell will simply return 'i' there.  You can verify this with the echo
command.  Here is an example using the bash shell.

  $ echo isis\is
  isisis

  $ echo isisis
  isisis

See?  No difference.

Perhaps you are confusing DOS-style '\' directory separators with
Unix-style '/' directory separators?

> IS IT a BUG in mkdir command...???

Not a bug.

Bob