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Re: install -d should bomb out if any args are regular files
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: install -d should bomb out if any args are regular files |
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Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:34:47 +0200 |
Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> This should bomb out right away,
> $ install -d /var/lib/dpkg/status /tmp/var/lib/dpkg/status
> install: `/var/lib/dpkg/status' exists but is not a directory
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> instead of still creating /tmp/var/lib/dpkg/status.
Why?
Most other tools (cp, rm, mkdir, mv) continue processing
remaining command line arguments even if one provokes an error.