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From: ftw@datacube.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: system (and mkdir)
Message-ID: <102600037@datacube>
Date: 11 Feb 88 15:42:00 GMT
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Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!ftw    Feb 11 10:42:00 1988


pmd@cbdkc1.UUCP writes:

> Because many of us are still fooling around with older versions of UNIX
> (e.g., sysVr2) that don't have a standard mkdir() routine.  There is a mknod()
> system call but it needs su permission and is clumsy for making directories
> (needing to be called 3 times to do it right).
> -- 

> Paul Dubuc	{ihnp4,cbosgd}!cbdkc1!pmd

I was able to do that with one mknod() and two calls to link().  (Okay,
Name That Tune! 8-)



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