X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=lnf;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lnf;h=ac5ebcc020d04c0a49999bc2488080a5fbbba675;hp=b4701dff636fad888363677ddac4d716dfdea61d;hb=5da4a11f4c6f6cd7f0dd79d2402acaa78eb66f03;hpb=e51702380450ee0b4719a17744208975730ddff7

diff --git a/lnf b/lnf
index b4701df..ac5ebcc 100755
--- a/lnf
+++ b/lnf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Ian Kelling
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Ian Kelling
 # This program is under GPL v. 3 or later, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 
 lnf() {
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY."
 
 
     local x ret prefix dir to_remove
+    local mkdir=false
 
     to_remove=()
     if [[ $nodir ]]; then
@@ -45,13 +46,10 @@ links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY."
         if [[ -e $2 || -L $2 ]]; then
             to_remove+=("$2")
         elif [[ ! -d $dir ]]; then
+            mkdir=true
             if [[ -e $dir || -L $dir ]]; then
                 to_remove+=("$dir")
             fi
-            if ! mkdir -p "$(dirname "$2")"; then
-                echo "lnf error: failed to make directory $(dirname "$2")"
-                return 1
-            fi
         fi
     elif (( $# >= 2 )); then
         if [[ -d ${!#} ]]; then
@@ -93,6 +91,14 @@ links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY."
     fi
 
     $reset_extglob && shopt -u extglob
+
+    if $mkdir; then
+        if ! mkdir -p "$(dirname "$2")"; then
+            echo "lnf error: failed to make directory $(dirname "$2")"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
     ln -s $nodir -- "$@"
 }
 lnf "$@"