Behavior of 'mkdir'

[WMennerich]

Hi,
the behavior of octaves mkdir is not equal to Matlabs mkdir:

Octave:

mkdir(test)

ans=1

mkdir(test) %second call

ans=0


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Matlab:
mkdir(test)

ans=1

mkdir(test) %second call

ans=1
Warning: Directory already exists.

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As I understand the difference is that octave tells you whether the
directory was created or not:
The second call does not create the directory because it is already
existing.
Hence, the ack is 'false'.
Matlab tells you whether the directory exists  or not, so also the second
result is 'true'.

Would it be better to implement the mkdir function like the Matlab one?


Best, Wolfgang


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