https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13758
Issue ID: 13758 Summary: RDMD renames directory if -ofNAME is the name of a directory Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: tools Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com Reporter: andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com ----- ~/somedir $ mkdir foo ~/somedir $ echo asdf > foo/bar ~/somedir $ ls foo > bar ~/somedir $ echo "void main() { }" > app.d ~/somedir $ rdmd -offoo app.d ~/somedir $ ls app.d foo foo.635520880476161823-23425.old ----- The "foo.hash.old" is the old folder which was renamed to make place for the 'foo' executable. I don't think RDMD should have the power to move things around like that. It should fail compilation if the output name would overwrite the directory, with optionally providing a special switch for when you really need this behavior (I don't see the point of the feature though..). --