--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mk/mkinstalldirs.sh	Sat Dec 22 17:52:45 2007 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# mkinstalldirs - create install directories
+# usage: mkinstalldirs dirs
+
+# make this work right even if someone puts spaces in
+(
+    while [ "x$1" != x ]; do
+	echo "$1"
+    shift
+    done
+) | awk '{
+    if ($0 ~ "^/") {
+	lead = "/";
+	sub("^/", "", $0);
+    }
+    else {
+	lead = "";
+    }
+
+    n = split($0, a, "/");
+
+    for (i=1;i<=n;i++) {
+	printf "%s", lead;
+	for (j=1;j<=i;j++) {
+	    printf "%s", a[j];
+	    if (j<i) printf "/";
+	}
+	printf "\n";
+    }
+}' | sort -u | awk '{
+    printf "if [ ! -d \"%s\" ]; then\n", $0;
+    printf "   echo \"        [MKDIR]   %s\"\n", $0;
+    printf "   mkdir \"%s\" || exit 1\n", $0;
+    printf "   chmod 755 \"%s\"\n", $0;
+    printf "fi\n"
+}' | sh