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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.
4 Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
20 /* written by Jim Meyering */
22 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
23 # include <config.h>
24 #endif
26 /* Disable the definition of mkdir to rpl_mkdir (from config.h) in this
27 file. Otherwise, we'd get conflicting prototypes for rpl_mkdir on
28 most systems. */
29 #undef mkdir
31 #include <sys/types.h>
32 #include <sys/stat.h>
33 #include <stdio.h>
34 #include <stdlib.h>
35 #include <string.h>
37 #include "dirname.h"
38 #include "xalloc.h"
40 /* This function is required at least for NetBSD 1.5.2. */
42 int
43 rpl_mkdir (char const *dir, mode_t mode)
45 int ret_val;
46 char *tmp_dir;
47 size_t len = strlen (dir);
49 if (len && dir[len - 1] == '/')
51 tmp_dir = xstrdup (dir);
52 strip_trailing_slashes (tmp_dir);
54 else
56 tmp_dir = (char *) dir;
59 ret_val = mkdir (tmp_dir, mode);
61 if (tmp_dir != dir)
62 free (tmp_dir);
64 return ret_val;