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1 /* On some systems, mkdir ("foo/", 0700) fails because of the trailing
2 slash. On those systems, this wrapper removes the trailing slash.
3 Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
8 any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 /* written by Jim Meyering */
21 #include <config.h>
23 /* Disable the definition of mkdir to rpl_mkdir (from config.h) in this
24 file. Otherwise, we'd get conflicting prototypes for rpl_mkdir on
25 most systems. */
26 #undef mkdir
28 #include <sys/types.h>
29 #include <sys/stat.h>
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #if HAVE_STDLIB_H
32 # include <stdlib.h>
33 #endif
35 #if HAVE_STRING_H
36 # include <string.h>
37 #else
38 # include <strings.h>
39 #endif
41 #include "dirname.h"
42 #include "xalloc.h"
44 #ifndef HAVE_DECL_FREE
45 "this configure-time declaration test was not run"
46 #endif
47 #if !HAVE_DECL_FREE
48 void free ();
49 #endif
51 /* This function is required at least for NetBSD 1.5.2. */
53 int
54 rpl_mkdir (char const *dir, mode_t mode)
56 int ret_val;
57 char *tmp_dir;
58 size_t len = strlen (dir);
60 if (len && dir[len - 1] == '/')
62 tmp_dir = xstrdup (dir);
63 strip_trailing_slashes (tmp_dir);
65 else
67 tmp_dir = (char *) dir;
70 ret_val = mkdir (tmp_dir, mode);
72 if (tmp_dir != dir)
73 free (tmp_dir);
75 return ret_val;