Re: [MacPerl] create alias, create folder

[Paul DuBois <paul@snake.net>]

>At 14.51 1998.03.28, Kevin Walker wrote:
>>mkdir "crumhorn:test dir:", 0755;       # second arg required, even in
>>MacPerl
>
>Little FYI, you can give it a mode 0, too; i.e., you need the parameter,
>but its value is meaningless.  Any defined value works, though a
>non-numeric value will generate an error with -w.

However, if you suspect, even remotely, that you might one day try to
convert your script to run under UNIX, don't use a mode of zero, since
it's likely to be one more source of headscratching when you find that
your directory is being created properly, but is inaccessible.

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Paul DuBois
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