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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fdc35a --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/mkdir.texi @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +@node mkdir +@section @code{mkdir} +@findex mkdir + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mkdir.html} + +Gnulib module: mkdir + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is declared in different header files (namely, @code{<io.h>} or +@code{<direct.h>}) on some platforms: +mingw, MSVC 9. +@item +When the argument ends in a slash, the function call fails on some platforms. +@item +This function mistakenly succeeds on @samp{mkdir("d/./",mode)} on +some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), this function is called @code{_mkdir} +and takes only one argument. The fix (without Gnulib) is to define a macro +like this: +@smallexample +#define mkdir ((int (*)()) _mkdir) +@end smallexample +or +@smallexample +#define mkdir(path,mode) _mkdir (path) +@end smallexample +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize |