# Many machines do not have "mkdir -p", so we have to build up long paths.
# How boring.
makepath () {
+ echo " makepath $1"
p="$1"
(
# Absolut Unix.
# This will break if $1 contains a space.
for c in `echo $p | tr '/' ' '`
do
- [ -d "$c" ] || mkdir "$c" || return $?
- cd "$c" || return $?
+ if [ -d "$c" ] || mkdir "$c"
+ then
+ cd "$c" || return $?
+ else
+ echo "failed to create $c" >&2; return $?
+ fi
done
)
}