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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/libmakepkg/util')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/libmakepkg/util/util.sh.in | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/util/util.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/util/util.sh.in index 7ccd2f8c..f9af5f32 100644 --- a/scripts/libmakepkg/util/util.sh.in +++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/util/util.sh.in @@ -83,3 +83,20 @@ cd_safe() { exit 1 fi } + +# Try to create directory if one does not yet exist. Fails if the directory +# exists but has no write permissions, or if there is an existing file with +# the same name. +ensure_writable_dir() { + local dirtype="$1" dirpath="$2" + + if ! mkdir -p "$dirpath" 2>/dev/null; then + if [[ -d $dirpath && ! -w $dirpath ]]; then + error "$(gettext "You do not have write permission for the directory \$%s (%s).")" "$dirtype" "$dirpath" + else + error "$(gettext "Failed to create the directory \$%s (%s).")" "$dirtype" "$dirpath" + fi + return 1 + fi + return 0 +} |