hdf5/bin/mkdirs

#! /bin/sh
#
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# This is a small program which will create directories n-levels deep.
# You just call it with something like:
#
#       mkdirs /tmp/foo/bar/baz
#
# and it will create all the directories from /tmp down to baz which
# don't exist.
#
chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"

make_dir () {
  if test ! -d $1; then
    make_dir `echo $1 | sed -e 's#/[^/]*$##'`
    $mkdirprog $1
    $chmodprog 755 $1
  fi
}

make_dir `echo $1 | sed -e 's#/$##'`