j-hpn-ssh/mkinstalldirs

#! /bin/sh
# mkinstalldirs --- make directory hierarchy
# Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
# Created: 1993-05-16
# Public domain

errstatus=0

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
			fi
		fi

		pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
	done
done

exit $errstatus

# mkinstalldirs ends here