a portable install script, also creates parent directories

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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+#
+# install - install a program, script, or datafile
+# This comes from X11R5; it is not part of GNU.
+#
+# $XConsortium: install.sh,v 1.2 89/12/18 14:47:22 jim Exp $
+#
+# This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
+# from scratch.
+#
+
+
+# set DOITPROG to echo to test this script
+
+# Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
+doit="${DOITPROG-}"
+
+
+# put in absolute paths if you don't have them in your path; or use env. vars.
+
+mvprog="${MVPROG-mv}"
+cpprog="${CPPROG-cp}"
+chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
+chownprog="${CHOWNPROG-chown}"
+chgrpprog="${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}"
+stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
+rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"
+mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"
+
+tranformbasename=""
+transform_arg=""
+instcmd="$mvprog"
+chmodcmd=""
+chowncmd=""
+chgrpcmd=""
+stripcmd=""
+rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
+mvcmd="$mvprog"
+src=""
+dst=""
+
+while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
+    case $1 in
+       -c) instcmd="$cpprog"
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       -m) chmodcmd="$chmodprog $2"
+           shift
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       -o) chowncmd="$chownprog $2"
+           shift
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       -g) chgrpcmd="$chgrpprog $2"
+           shift
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       -s) stripcmd="$stripprog"
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       -t=*) transformarg=`echo $1 | sed 's/-t=//'`
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       -b=*) transformbasename=`echo $1 | sed 's/-b=//'`
+           shift
+           continue;;
+
+       *)  if [ x"$src" = x ]
+           then
+               src=$1
+           else
+               dst=$1
+           fi
+           shift
+           continue;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ x"$src" = x ]
+then
+       echo "install:  no input file specified"
+       exit 1
+else
+       true
+fi
+
+if [ x"$dst" = x ]
+then
+       echo "install:  no destination specified"
+       exit 1
+else
+       true
+fi
+
+# If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
+# does not like double slashes in filenames, you may need to add some logic
+
+if [ -d $dst ]
+then
+       dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
+else
+       true
+fi
+
+
+# Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
+
+dstdir=`dirname $dst`
+dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
+
+# Make sure that the destination directory exists.
+#  this part is taken from Noah Friedman's mkinstalldirs script
+
+defaultIFS='   
+'
+IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
+
+oIFS="${IFS}"
+# Some sh's can't handle IFS=/ for some reason.
+IFS='%'
+set - `echo ${dstdir} | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
+IFS="${oIFS}"
+
+pathcomp=''
+
+while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
+       pathcomp="${pathcomp}${1}"
+       shift
+
+       if [ ! -d "${pathcomp}" ] ;
+        then
+               $mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
+       else
+               true
+       fi
+
+       pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
+done
+
+# If we're going to rename the final executable, determine the name now.
+
+if [ x"$transformarg" = x ] 
+then
+       dstfile=`basename $dst`
+else
+       dstfile=`basename $dst $transformbasename | sed -e $transformarg`
+fi
+
+# don't allow the sed command to completely eliminate the filename
+
+if [ x"$dstfile" = x ] 
+then
+       dstfile=`basename $dst`
+else
+       true
+fi
+
+# Move or copy the file name to the temp name
+
+$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp
+
+# and set any options; do chmod last to preserve setuid bits
+
+if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; fi
+if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; fi
+if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; fi
+if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; fi
+
+# Now rename the file to the real destination.
+
+$doit $rmcmd $dstdir/$dstfile
+$doit $mvcmd $dsttmp $dstdir/$dstfile
+
+
+exit 0