* Makefile.in (exec_prefix): New variable.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lib-src / make-path.c

/* Make all the directories along a path.
   Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Emacs.

GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */

/* This program works like mkdir, except that it generates
   intermediate directories if they don't exist.  This is just like
   the `mkdir -p' command on most systems; unfortunately, the mkdir
   command on some of the purer BSD systems (like Mt. Xinu) don't have
   that option. */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>

extern int errno;

char *prog_name;

int touchy_mkdir (path)
     char *path;
{
  struct stat buf;

  /* If PATH already exists and is a directory, return success.  */
  if (stat (path, &buf) >= 0
      && (buf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
    return 0;

  /* Otherwise, try to make it.  If PATH exists but isn't a directory,
     this will signal an error.  */
  if (mkdir (path, 0777) < 0)
    {
      fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", prog_name);
      perror (path);
      return -1;
    }

  return 0;
}

int
main (argc, argv)
     int argc;
     char **argv;
{
  prog_name = *argv;

  for (argc--, argv++; argc > 0; argc--, argv++)
    {
      char *path = *argv;
      int i;

      /* Stop at each slash in path and try to create the directory.
	 Skip any initial slash.  */
      for (i = (path[0] == '/') ? 1 : 0; path[i]; i++)
	if (path[i] == '/')
	  {
	    path[i] = '\0';
	    if (touchy_mkdir (path) < 0)
	      goto next_pathname;
	    path[i] = '/';
	  }

      touchy_mkdir (path);

    next_pathname:
      ;
    }
}