Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> + # Turn foo/bar/baz into foo/bar to create foo/bar as a
> + # directory structure.
> + dirs=$(echo "$file" | sed -r 's!/[^/]+$!!')
Let's not limit this script to GNUism systems.
You want to see if $file has a slash followed by one or more non-slash
letters to the end and strip the whole thing. We further know that
at this point $file does not end with a slash. So perhaps
dirs=${file%/*}
is sufficient?
Thanks.
