SPUG: Re: Using mkpath

[John Labovitz]

On 3/3/02 10:24 AM, "Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes" <sthoenna at efn.org> wrote:

> In article <001201c1c189$12e32180$1a88ddd1 at aciwin>,
> "Richard Anderson" <richard at richard-anderson.org> wrote:
>> In fact, if
>> mkpath encounters a permissions problem, etc. it does NOT return a list of
>> directories, it throws a runtime error and the calling routine never gets
>> the list of directories.
> 
> Fair enough.  (Though it seems to me that would only happen with a disk
> filling up between making paths--or as a race condition).

It also croaks if the directories already exist -- a fairly common
situation.

-- 
John Labovitz
johnl at johnlabovitz.com
www.johnlabovitz.com


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