libbb/create_path.c

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/*
 * 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;
}


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