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+#! /bin/sh
+# mkinstalldirs --- make directory hierarchy
+# Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
+# Created: 1993-05-16
+# Public domain
+
+# $Id: mkinstalldirs,v 1.1 2002-02-16 14:23:56 meyering Exp $
+
+errstatus=0
+dirmode=""
+
+usage="\
+Usage: mkinstalldirs [-h] [--help] [-m mode] dir ..."
+
+# process command line arguments
+while test $# -gt 0 ; do
+   case "${1}" in
+     -h | --help | --h* )			# -h for help
+	echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 0 ;;
+     -m )					# -m PERM arg
+	shift
+	test $# -eq 0 && { echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+	dirmode="${1}"
+	shift ;;
+     -- ) shift; break ;;			# stop option processing
+     -* ) echo "${usage}" 1>&2; exit 1 ;;	# unknown option
+     * )  break ;;				# first non-opt arg
+   esac
+done
+
+for file
+do
+  if test -d "$file"; then
+    shift
+  else
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+case $# in
+0) exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+case $dirmode in
+'')
+  if mkdir -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "mkdir -p -- $*"
+    exec mkdir -p -- "$@"
+  fi ;;
+*)
+  if mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- . 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "mkdir -m $dirmode -p -- $*"
+    exec mkdir -m "$dirmode" -p -- "$@"
+  fi ;;
+esac
+
+for file
+do
+   set fnord `echo ":$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 $pathcomp"
+
+	mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+
+	if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
+	  errstatus=$lasterr
+	else
+	  if test ! -z "$dirmode"; then
+	     echo "chmod $dirmode $pathcomp"
+
+	     lasterr=""
+	     chmod "$dirmode" "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+
+	     if test ! -z "$lasterr"; then
+	       errstatus=$lasterr
+	     fi
+	  fi
+	fi
+     fi
+
+     pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
+   done
+done
+
+exit $errstatus
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: shell-script
+# sh-indentation: 3
+# End:
+# mkinstalldirs ends here