+// RealFileExists - Check if a file exists and if it is really a file /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+bool RealFileExists(string File)
+{
+ struct stat Buf;
+ if (stat(File.c_str(),&Buf) != 0)
+ return false;
+ return ((Buf.st_mode & S_IFREG) != 0);
+}
+ /*}}}*/
+// DirectoryExists - Check if a directory exists and is really one /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+bool DirectoryExists(string const &Path)
+{
+ struct stat Buf;
+ if (stat(Path.c_str(),&Buf) != 0)
+ return false;
+ return ((Buf.st_mode & S_IFDIR) != 0);
+}
+ /*}}}*/
+// CreateDirectory - poor man's mkdir -p guarded by a parent directory /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This method will create all directories needed for path in good old
+ mkdir -p style but refuses to do this if Parent is not a prefix of
+ this Path. Example: /var/cache/ and /var/cache/apt/archives are given,
+ so it will create apt/archives if /var/cache exists - on the other
+ hand if the parent is /var/lib the creation will fail as this path
+ is not a parent of the path to be generated. */
+bool CreateDirectory(string const &Parent, string const &Path)
+{
+ if (Parent.empty() == true || Path.empty() == true)
+ return false;
+
+ if (DirectoryExists(Path) == true)
+ return true;
+
+ if (DirectoryExists(Parent) == false)
+ return false;
+
+ // we are not going to create directories "into the blue"
+ if (Path.find(Parent, 0) != 0)
+ return false;
+
+ vector<string> const dirs = VectorizeString(Path.substr(Parent.size()), '/');
+ string progress = Parent;
+ for (vector<string>::const_iterator d = dirs.begin(); d != dirs.end(); ++d)
+ {
+ if (d->empty() == true)
+ continue;
+
+ progress.append("/").append(*d);
+ if (DirectoryExists(progress) == true)
+ continue;
+
+ if (mkdir(progress.c_str(), 0755) != 0)
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
+// CreateAPTDirectoryIfNeeded - ensure that the given directory exists /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* a small wrapper around CreateDirectory to check if it exists and to
+ remove the trailing "/apt/" from the parent directory if needed */
+bool CreateAPTDirectoryIfNeeded(string const &Parent, string const &Path)
+{
+ if (DirectoryExists(Path) == true)
+ return true;
+
+ size_t const len = Parent.size();
+ if (len > 5 && Parent.find("/apt/", len - 6, 5) == len - 5)
+ {
+ if (CreateDirectory(Parent.substr(0,len-5), Path) == true)
+ return true;
+ }
+ else if (CreateDirectory(Parent, Path) == true)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+ /*}}}*/