From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:53:07 +0000 (+0200) Subject: create-dirs.d: clarify it also uses --output-dirs X-Git-Tag: curl-8_4_0~73 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5bbe732d20c7d1aa057db1b570282fe12bc3af1b;p=thirdparty%2Fcurl.git create-dirs.d: clarify it also uses --output-dirs Reported-by: Robert Simpson Fixes #11991 Closes #11995 --- diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d index f137e7d10d..966b70384e 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/create-dirs.d @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Multi: boolean --- When used in conjunction with the --output option, curl creates the necessary local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the directories -mentioned with the --output option, nothing else. If the --output file name -uses no directory, or if the directories it mentions already exist, no -directories are created. +mentioned with the --output option combined with the path possibly set with +--output-dir. If the combined output file name uses no directory, or if the +directories it mentions already exist, no directories are created. Created directories are made with mode 0750 on unix style file systems.