Touch Create Directory and File?

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Touch Create Directory and File?

Does anybody know if there is a way for touch (or any other command) to create a file and if the directory does not exists it will create it?

Thanks.

15" Unibody MacBook Pro (2.8 GHz, 4 GB, 320 7K GB, SD, AP, BT, APP), Mac OS X (10.6.2), 10.5 & 10.6 ACSP ACTC

Posted on Apr 5, 2010 7:51 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Apr 5, 2010 7:59 PM in response to andyboutte

Not automatically. Run mkdir with the p option and without the file's name, and then the other command.

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Answer 2

Apr 6, 2010 3:37 PM in response to andyboutte

Here's a crude script. You could probably add a check to test
whether you have permission to write in the directory where you
are wanting to create the file.


!/bin/bash
BASENAME=/usr/bin/basename
DIRNAME=/usr/bin/dirname
MKDIR=/bin/mkdir
TOUCH=/usr/bin/touch
DIRECTORY=`${DIRNAME} ${1}`
FILENAME=`${BASENAME} ${1}`
if [[ ! -d ${DIRECTORY} ]]
then
 ${MKDIR} ${DIRECTORY}
fi
if [[ ! -f ${FILENAME} ]]
then
 ${TOUCH} ${DIRECTORY}/${FILENAME}
fi

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