From 362c431cfd8089693b7d836dd1dd2044b6a1ce45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 18:53:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Create directories as needed.

---
 misc/ChangeLog    |  2 ++
 misc/autopoint.in | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index db7e38cae..219829be0 100644
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* autopoint.in: Unset all other environment variables which influence
 	cvs. Pass -d $CVSROOT explicitly.
+	(func_mkdir_for): New function.
+	(func_copy): Call it.
 
 2002-05-01  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
diff --git a/misc/autopoint.in b/misc/autopoint.in
index 57735358e..a3d5aef4a 100644
--- a/misc/autopoint.in
+++ b/misc/autopoint.in
@@ -308,6 +308,20 @@ if test -z "$force"; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# func_mkdir_for to
+# ensures the directory that would the given file exists.
+# 'to' is a relative pathname, relative to the current directory.
+func_mkdir_for ()
+{
+  base=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's,/[^/]*$,,'`
+  if test "X$base" != "X$1" && test -n "$base"; then
+    func_mkdir_for "$base"
+    # Recompute base. It was clobbered by the recursive call.
+    base=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's,/[^/]*$,,'`
+    test -d "$base" || { echo "Creating directory $base"; mkdir "$base"; }
+  fi
+}
+
 # func_copy from to
 # copies a file.
 # 'from' is a relative pathname, relative to the current directory.
@@ -315,6 +329,7 @@ fi
 func_copy ()
 {
   if $doit; then
+    func_mkdir_for "$2"
     rm -f "$2"
     echo "Copying file $2"
     cp "$1" "$2"
-- 
2.47.2