2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index 985c580d..6699a685 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -322,6 +322,33 @@ char *xabspath(char *path)
 	return path;
 }
 
+// Ensure entire path exists.
+// If mode != -1 set permissions on newly created dirs.
+// Requires that path string be writable (for temporary null terminators).
+void xmkpath(char *path, int mode)
+{
+	char *p, old;
+	mode_t mask;
+	int rc;
+	struct stat st;
+
+	for (p = path; ; p++) {
+		if (!*p || *p == '/') {
+			old = *p;
+			*p = rc = 0;
+			if (stat(path, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+				if (mode != -1) {
+					mask=umask(0);
+					rc = mkdir(path, mode);
+					umask(mask);
+				} else rc = mkdir(path, 0777);
+			}
+			*p = old;
+			if(rc) perror_exit("mkpath '%s'",path);
+		}
+		if (!*p) break;
+	}
+}
 // Find all file in a colon-separated path with access type "type" (generally
 // X_OK or R_OK).  Returns a list of absolute paths to each file found, in
 // order.
diff --git a/lib/lib.h b/lib/lib.h
index 28ff0da8..afc3a8b2 100644
--- a/lib/lib.h
+++ b/lib/lib.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void xwrite(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
 char *xgetcwd(void);
 void xstat(char *path, struct stat *st);
 char *xabspath(char *path);
+void xmkpath(char *path, int mode);
 struct string_list *find_in_path(char *path, char *filename);
 void utoa_to_buf(unsigned n, char *buf, unsigned buflen);
 void itoa_to_buf(int n, char *buf, unsigned buflen);