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brisbin33

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From: boston, ma

Registered: 2008-07-24

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[SOLVED] mkdir: can't make nested directories as normal user

so a pretty basic question, hoping someone can show me what's going on.

obviously, it's infinitely more convenient to do this:

mkdir path/to/dir/

than this:

mkdir path/
cd path/
mkdir to/
cd to/
mkdir dir/

as root, the one line creation works great... as root.  when i do it as a normal user, it complains that it can't create the directory because the directory doesn't exist. [this occurs even within my home folder, where i have full permissions]

is there some setting to extend this functionality to a normal user?

thanks in advance.

[EDIT]: solved... mkdir -p path/to/dir

Last edited by brisbin33 (2008-09-11 17:36:26)

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peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

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Re: [SOLVED] mkdir: can't make nested directories as normal user

-p, --parents
              no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

$ mkdir sandbox/a/b/c
mkdir: cannot create directory `sandbox/a/b/c': No such file or directory
$ mkdir -p sandbox/a/b/c
$ ls sandbox/a/b
c

brisbin33

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From: boston, ma

Registered: 2008-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED] mkdir: can't make nested directories as normal user

much appreciated; i guess man mkdir shoulda been my first stop.

i'll change the subject to [SOLVED] but any idea why the -p isn't needed when executed as root?

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