Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:44:15 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Arne John Glenstrup <panic AT diku DOT dk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: mkdir chokes on `i386-msd' directory name
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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Arne John Glenstrup wrote:

>   i386-
>   i386-m
>   i386-ms
> 
> but when I try `mkdir i386-msd' or `mkdir i386-msdos', it refuses,
> saying that the file exists (which isn't true)?

Are you sure you aren't invoking the built-in `mkdir' command of the 
shell you use?  Try `gmkdir' to be sure you invoke the DJGPP version from 
Fileutils.

If that doesn't help, post the output of "dir /x" in the directory where 
you are trying that.