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#!/bin/sh
# Courtesy of Paul Eggert

newline='
'
IFS=$newline

case ${1--} in
-*) echo >&2 "mkdirhier: usage: mkdirhier directory ..."; exit 1
esac

status=

for directory
do
	case $directory in
	'')
		echo >&2 "mkdirhier: empty directory name"
		status=1
		continue;;
	*"$newline"*)
		echo >&2 "mkdirhier: directory name contains a newline: \`\`$directory''"
		status=1
		continue;;
	-*) prefix=./;;
	*) prefix=
	esac

	mkdir -p $prefix$directory || status=$?

  done

exit $status