annotate mkinstalldirs @ 60792:4fbe0af1e69a

(Visiting): Document large-file-warning-threshold. Move paragraph on file-selection dialog. Mention visiting files using X drag and drop. (Reverting): Mention using Auto-Revert mode to tail files. Document auto-revert-tail-mode. (Version Systems): Minor correction. (Comparing Files): Diff-mode is no longer based on Compilation mode. Document compare-ignore-whitespace. (Misc File Ops): Explain passing a directory to rename-file. Likewise for copy-file and make-symbolic-link.

#! /bin/sh
# mkinstalldirs --- make directory hierarchy
# Author: Noah Friedman <[e-mail]>
# Created: 1993-05-16
# Public domain

errstatus=0

for file
do
   set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
   shift

   pathcomp=
   for d
   do
     pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
     case "$pathcomp" in
       -* ) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
     esac

     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
        echo "mkdir $pathcomp" 1>&2

        (mkdir "$pathcomp" && chmod a+rx "$pathcomp") || lasterr=$?

        if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
  	  errstatus=$lasterr
        fi
     fi

     pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
   done
done

exit $errstatus

# mkinstalldirs ends here