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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) tons of folks.  Tracking down who wrote what
+ * isn't something I'm going to worry about...  If you wrote something
+ * here, please feel free to acknowledge your work.
+ *
+ * This program 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 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * Based in part on code from sash, Copyright (c) 1999 by David I. Bell 
+ * Permission has been granted to redistribute this code under the GPL.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to create the directories along the specified path, except for
+ * the final component.  The mode is given for the final directory only,
+ * while all previous ones get default protections.  Errors are not reported
+ * here, as failures to restore files can be reported later.
+ */
+extern int create_path(const char *name, int mode)
+{
+	char *cp;
+	char *cpOld;
+	char buf[BUFSIZ + 1];
+	int retVal = 0;
+
+	strcpy(buf, name);
+	for (cp = buf; *cp == '/'; cp++);
+	cp = strchr(cp, '/');
+	while (cp) {
+		cpOld = cp;
+		cp = strchr(cp + 1, '/');
+		*cpOld = '\0';
+		retVal = mkdir(buf, cp ? 0777 : mode);
+		if (retVal != 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+			perror_msg("%s", buf);
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		*cpOld = '/';
+	}
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+/* END CODE */
+/*
+Local Variables:
+c-file-style: "linux"
+c-basic-offset: 4
+tab-width: 4
+End:
+*/