0001729: mkdir() ENOENT and ENOTDIR overlap - Austin Group Defect Tracker

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0001729

[1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2] System Interfaces

Objection

Clarification Requested

2023-05-18 09:30

Reporter

geoffclare

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public

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normal

Resolution

Open

Status

New

Name

Geoff Clare

Organization

The Open Group

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Section

mkdir()

Page Number

1317

Line Number

43825-6

Interp Status

---

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Summary

0001729: mkdir() ENOENT and ENOTDIR overlap

Description

For a call such as:

mkdir("regular_file/foo", mode)

the descriptions of ENOENT and ENOTDIR on the mkdir() page both apply:

[ENOENT]
A component of the path prefix specified by path does not name an existing directory ...
[ENOTDIR]
A component of the path prefix names an existing file that is neither a directory nor a symbolic link to a directory.

For other file creation functions, e.g. open(), mkfifo(), and fopen(), ENOENT uses "existing file" instead of "existing directory", avoiding this problem.

Also, strictly speaking path does not specify a path prefix (it specifies a complete pathname). Again, other pages don't have this problem, as they refer to "the path prefix of path".

Desired Action

Change:

A component of the path prefix specified by path does not name an existing directory

to:

A component of the path prefix of path does not name an existing file

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	New Issue
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	Name	=> Geoff Clare
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	Organization	=> The Open Group
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	Section	=> mkdir()
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	Page Number	=> 1317
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	Line Number	=> 43825-6
2023-05-18 09:30	geoffclare	Interp Status	=> ---

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