merge from 6.1 branch

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iutil.py b/iutil.py
index cbe049ee9..77202a63a 100644
--- a/iutil.py
+++ b/iutil.py
@@ -131,3 +131,26 @@ def memInstalled():
 
     fields = string.split(mem)
     return int(fields[1]) / 1024
+
+# this is a mkdir that won't fail if a directory already exists and will
+# happily make all of the directories leading up to it. 
+def mkdirChain(dir):
+    if (os.path.isdir(dir)): return
+    elements = string.splitfields(dir, "/")
+
+    if (len(elements[0])):
+	which = 1
+	path = elements[0] 
+    else:
+	which = 2
+	path = "/" + elements[1]
+
+    if (not os.path.isdir(path)): 
+	os.mkdir(path, 0755)
+
+    while (which < len(elements)):
+	path = path + "/" + elements[which]
+	which = which + 1
+	
+	if (not os.path.isdir(path)): 
+	    os.mkdir(path, 0755)