view lispintro/mkinstalldirs @ 62149:e64f1e2ecec2

(easy-mmode-pretty-mode-name): Explain more about the LIGHTER arg's usage in the doc string. Add commentary to clarify what the code does. Fix the regexp that strips whitespace from LIGHTER. Quote LIGHTER before using it, since it could have characters special to regular expressions.

#! /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 "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?

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

     pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
   done
done

exit $errstatus

# mkinstalldirs ends here