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changeset 1239:5fe96529d35b
Add my comment from ChangeLog entry for gkm's change.
author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> |
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date | Wed, 11 Feb 1998 22:17:38 +0000 |
parents | cfa0ed1ca6f2 |
children | 92fcf946db19 |
files | lib/makepath.c |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lib/makepath.c +++ b/lib/makepath.c @@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ if (!do_chdir) basename_dir = dirpath; + /* The mkdir and stat calls below appear to be reversed. + They are not. It is important to call mkdir first and then to + call stat (to distinguish the three cases) only if mkdir fails. + The alternative to this approach is to `stat' each directory, + then to call mkdir if it doesn't exist. But if some other process + were to create the directory between the stat & mkdir, the mkdir + would fail with EEXIST. */ + *slash = '\0'; if (mkdir (basename_dir, tmp_mode)) {