Hi Fabrizio,
Having an option to do this (eventhough most people will always specify it)
is good, since it allows one to maintain some sort of POSIX compatability.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrizio Furano" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Andrew Hanushevsky" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: "Wilko Kroeger" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: mkdir,mv files and dir creation
> Hi,
>
> as a quick fix I made Mkdir behave by default like mkdir -p. I just
> committed. To get a similar behavior from Mv, the way suggested by Andy
> can now be used.
>
> Since it seems that almost everybody is using the perl wrapper to
> access the XrdclientAdmin interface, I'd like not to change it too much
> often, so it's better to agree about its functions.
>
> Just to be practical, I am wondering if simply providing one more
> parameter to the (perl) functions in order to specify the needed options
> for the command to send is a solution good both for me and the users of
> the perl wrapper.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Fabrizio
>
>
> Andrew Hanushevsky wrote:
> > Hi Frabrizio,
> >
> > No, mv does not have a corresponding flag. You would have to do a mkdir
and
> > ignore the return code ahead of making the mv. In any case, the mkdir
and mv
> > should have interface options indicating the wanted behaviour.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fabrizio Furano" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: "Wilko Kroeger" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Cc: <[log in to unmask]>; "andrew Hanushevsky"
<[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: mkdir,mv files and dir creation
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi Wilko,
> >>
> >> for the client side it's only a matter of a flag, so I can do it
> >
> > quickly.
> >
> >> Right now I am sure that it will work for Mkdir, but I am not sure
> >>that it will work for Mv. Andy can comment about this.
> >>
> >> Maybe i will commit the fix in 12 hours, today I am busy.
> >> Fabrizio
> >>
> >>Wilko Kroeger wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello Fabrizio
> >>>
> >>>I am testing the latest development release (20041214-1142).
> >>>As expected xrdcp creates now missing directories automatically (well,
> >>>the server is doing this).
> >>>The Mkdir and Mv command from the XrdClientAdmin don't do this. If some
> >>>directories of a pathname don't exist the command will fail.
> >>>Would it be possible to modify these commands so that they create
> >>>missing directories automatically ?
> >>>We will need another development release build this week and having
this
> >>>feature would be good. Do you think this would be possible ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>> Wilko
> >>
>
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