From 99cdaff70da08dffb209ba58cd5cae4b1a4fb736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 05:52:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a makepath() function to cope with machines that do not
 have 'mkdir -p'.  (Stone knives and bearskins...)

---
 testsuite/rsync.fns | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/testsuite/rsync.fns b/testsuite/rsync.fns
index 369d38c8..8dd91a1b 100644
--- a/testsuite/rsync.fns
+++ b/testsuite/rsync.fns
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ hands_setup() {
 
 
 
+
+####################
+# Many machines do not have "mkdir -p", so we have to build up long paths.
+# How boring.  
+makepath () {
+    p="$1"
+    (
+	# Absolut Unix.
+	if echo $p | grep '^/' >/dev/null
+	then
+	    cd /
+	fi
+    
+	# This will break if $1 contains a space.
+	for c in `echo $p | tr '/' ' '`
+	do 
+	    [ -d "$c" ] || mkdir "$c" || return $? 
+	    cd "$c" || return $?
+	done
+    )
+}
+
+
+
 ###########################
 # Run a test (in '$1') then compare directories $2 and $3 to see if
 # there are any difference.  If there are, explain them.
-- 
2.34.1