1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/toys/posix/patch.c b/toys/posix/patch.c
index ae24ff94..27828015 100644
--- a/toys/posix/patch.c
+++ b/toys/posix/patch.c
@@ -385,12 +385,8 @@ void patch_main(void)
           if ((!strcmp(oldname, "/dev/null") || !oldsum) && access(name, F_OK))
           {
             printf("creating %s\n", name);
-            s = strrchr(name, '/');
-            if (s) {
-              *s = 0;
-              xmkpath(name, -1);
-              *s = '/';
-            }
+            if (mkpathat(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, 2))
+              perror_exit("mkpath %s", name);
             TT.filein = xcreate(name, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_RDWR, 0666);
           } else {
             printf("patching %s\n", name);