Re: "not enough arguments" with 'mkdir' command

You could type perldoc -f mkdir from the command prompt to get the documentation for the 'mkdir' function. And I would also check for the return status of mkdir to see if it has succeeded or not.

Another point is that file masks are octal numbers, so that

mkdir 'dir', 700;   # incorrect
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is not the samething as

mkdir 'dir', 0700;  # correct
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Having said that, you can certainly overcome this problem by a subsequent call to 'chmod' -

chmod 'dir', 0700;
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Re: Re: "not enough arguments" with 'mkdir' command by nysus (Parson) on Dec 09, 2003 at 01:23 UTC
OK, after looking at the perldoc, it says nothing about the mask being optional. You are correct. Thanks for this. I was also supplying the mask as a string literal, not an integer. $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ Pontiff"; $nysus = $PM . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply]