mkdir: remove stdio, better errors

diff --git a/Applications/util/mkdir.c b/Applications/util/mkdir.c
index ea7209f..c3c098a 100644 (file)
--- a/Applications/util/mkdir.c
+++ b/Applications/util/mkdir.c
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 unsigned short newmode;
 
+void writes(const char *p)
+{
+    write(2, p, strlen(p));
+}
+
 int make_dir(const char *name, int f)
 {
     char *line;
@@ -41,11 +46,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        if (argv[i][0] != '-') {
 
            if (make_dir(argv[i], parent)) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "mkdir: cannot create directory %s\n", argv[i]);
+               writes("mkdir: cannot create directory '");
+               writes(argv[i]);
+               perror("'");
                er = 1;
            }
        } else {
-           fprintf(stderr, "mkdir: usage error\n");
+           writes("mkdir: usage error\n");
            exit(1);
        }
     }