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Subject: Re: Problems using 'mkdirhier'
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Angelo Graziosi wrote:

> Trying to build an application downloaded from the web, the make fails
> using 'mkdirhier'. I have reproduced this with the following example:
>
> As Administrator:
> -------------------------------------
> $ cd
> $ mkdirhier /home/Administrator/foo1/foo2/lib
> mkdir: cannot create directory `//home': No such host or network path
> mkdir: cannot create directory `//home/Administrator': Permission denied
> mkdir: cannot create directory `//home/Administrator/foo1': Permission denied
> mkdir: cannot create directory `//home/Administrator/foo1/foo2': Permission denied
> mkdir: cannot create directory `//home/Administrator/foo1/foo2/lib': Permission denied
> -------------------------------------
>
> The system is W2K SP4 with ALL CYGWIN installed.
> I am using the snapshot : 1.5.20s(0.155/4/2) 20060614 16:21:31
> In cygwin am using the following test packages:
>
>    coreutils-5.96-1
>    emacs-21.3.50-2.*
>    findutils-4.3.0-1
>    lesstiff-0.94.4-1
>    tar-1.15.90-1
>    xorg-6.8.99.901-1.*

Most of the above is irrelevant.  This sounds like a bug in mkdirhier, and
I also seem to recall that it was mentioned on the Cygwin lists before,
with proposed fixes.  Apparently, the fixes haven't been incorporated in
6.8.99.901-1.

Googling for "mkdirhier site:cygwin.com inurl:ml/cygwin" should turn up
the fixes you need.
HTH,
	Igor
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