(mkdir): Use pid_t instead of int; check status

[gnulib.git] / lib / mkdir.c

diff --git a/lib/mkdir.c b/lib/mkdir.c
index 95fb1a6..5ca5af6 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/mkdir.c
+++ b/lib/mkdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* BSD compatible make directory function for System V
-   Copyright (C) 1988, 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1988, 1990, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ extern int errno;
    subroutine didn't return EEXIST.  It does now.  */
 
 int
-mkdir (dpath, dmode)
-     char *dpath;
-     int dmode;
+mkdir (const char *dpath, int dmode)
 {
-  int cpid, status;
+  pid_t cpid;
+  int status;
   struct stat statbuf;
 
   if (stat (dpath, &statbuf) == 0)
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ mkdir (dpath, dmode)
       while (wait (&status) != cpid)
        /* Do nothing.  */ ;
 
-      if (status & 0xFFFF)
+      if (status)
        {
          /* /bin/mkdir failed.  */
          errno = EIO;