2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 2b73d1424..94d994e8b 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -251,6 +251,27 @@ bool CreateDirectory(string const &Parent, string const &Path)
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// CheckDirectory - 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 CheckDirectory(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;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // GetListOfFilesInDir - returns a vector of files in the given dir	/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* If an extension is given only files with this extension are included
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index cb4655798..f79c9032f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ int GetLock(string File,bool Errors = true);
 bool FileExists(string File);
 bool DirectoryExists(string const &Path) __attrib_const;
 bool CreateDirectory(string const &Parent, string const &Path);
+
+/** \brief Ensure the existence of the given Path
+ *
+ *  \param Parent directory of the Path directory - a trailing
+ *  /apt/ will be removed before CreateDirectory call.
+ *  \param Path which should exist after (successful) call
+ */
+bool CheckDirectory(string const &Parent, string const &Path);
+
 std::vector<string> GetListOfFilesInDir(string const &Dir, string const &Ext,
 					bool const &SortList, bool const &AllowNoExt=false);
 std::vector<string> GetListOfFilesInDir(string const &Dir, std::vector<string> const &Ext,