[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6520: closed (dired-do-create-files didn't even check that there was a file with the same name already there)

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Your message dated Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:08:01 -0400
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and subject line Re: bug#8246: dired-create-directory should say at least one 
word in the case that it fails to do what it is supposed to
has caused the GNU bug report #8246,
regarding dired-do-create-files didn't even check that there was a file with 
the same name already there
to be marked as done.

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> dired-do-create-files didn't even check that there was a file with	the same name already there
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> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:14:14 +0800
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> dired-do-create-files: Marked Move: target must be a directory: /tmp/e [2 times]
> But I just created that directory with the + command didn't I?
> What went wrong?
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> The plus command, dired-create-directory, didn't even crap out with an
> error that there happened to be a regular file called /tmp/e !
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> Can you believe that?
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> Sorry I can't find the previous bug #.
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> > Please please please implement similar warnings to
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> >    # mkdir /
> >    mkdir: cannot create directory `/': File exists
> >    # mkdir /dev/null
> >    mkdir: cannot create directory `/dev/null': File exists
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> > Even one murmur would be great!
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> > + runs the command dired-create-directory
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> Fair enough.  Added to trunk.
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