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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Xorg: mkdirhier.sh,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:41:53 cpqbld Exp $
+# Courtesy of Paul Eggert
+
+newline='
+'
+IFS=$newline
+
+case ${1--} in
+-*) echo >&2 "mkdirhier: usage: mkdirhier directory ..."; exit 1
+esac
+
+status=
+
+for directory
+do
+	case $directory in
+	'')
+		echo >&2 "mkdirhier: empty directory name"
+		status=1
+		continue;;
+	*"$newline"*)
+		echo >&2 "mkdirhier: directory name contains a newline: \`\`$directory''"
+		status=1
+		continue;;
+	///*) prefix=/;; # See Posix 2.3 "path".
+	//*) prefix=//;;
+	/*) prefix=/;;
+	-*) prefix=./;;
+	*) prefix=
+	esac
+
+	IFS=/
+	set x $directory
+	case $2 in
+	    */*)	# IFS parsing is broken
+		IFS=' '
+		set x `echo $directory | tr / ' '`
+		;;
+	esac
+	IFS=$newline
+	shift
+
+	for filename
+	do
+		path=$prefix$filename
+		prefix=$path/
+		shift
+
+		test -d "$path" || {
+			paths=$path
+			for filename
+			do
+				if [ -n "$filename" -a "$filename" != "." ]; then
+					path=$path/$filename
+					paths=$paths$newline$path
+				fi
+			done
+
+			mkdir $paths || status=$?
+
+			break
+		}
+	done
+  done
+
+exit $status