trap 'status=$?; rm -rf $tmp && exit $status' 0
trap 'exit $?' 1 2 13 15
-mkdir -m2755 $tmp || fail=1
+numeric_mode=2755
+mode_string=drwxr-sr-x
+
+mkdir -m$numeric_mode $tmp || fail=1
test -d $tmp || fail=1
set -- `ls -ld $tmp`
case "$1" in
- drwxr-sr-x) ;;
+ $mode_string) ;;
*) fail=1 ;;
esac
tmp2=$tmp/sub
# This should fail.
-mkdir -m2755 $tmp2 2> /dev/null && fail=1
+mkdir -m$numeric_mode $tmp2 2> /dev/null && fail=1
# Now test the --parents option.
-mkdir --parents -m2755 $tmp2 || fail=1
+mkdir --parents -m$numeric_mode $tmp2 || fail=1
test -d $tmp2 || fail=1
set -- `ls -ld $tmp2`
case "$1" in
- drwxr-sr-x) ;;
+ $mode_string) ;;
*) fail=1 ;;
esac