Re: mkdir return status changed from 2.7.2 to 2.9.4

[William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno]

On 1/17/06, Jean-Francois Cardoso <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> It just occured to me that an alternate solution could be testing the
> emptiness of the returned MSG error message.  The help texts for
> 2.1.xx and 2.9.xx both say that MSG is empty in case of success and
> "system dependent" for failure.
>
> Now, strictly speaking, "system dependent" does not imply "non empty".
> Or maybe it does?
>
> So my question is: Do we have a guarantee, on all platforms, that
>
>   sucess/failure == empty/nonempty (MSG) ?
>

I think it would be better if you try making a directory that is
always guaranteed to fail or always guaranteed to succeed. Then from
the return value you will know what to expect (zero/non-zero).

--
William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno



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