From 03f3411c4f56f7cd952a971206e2c5c20a027860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Martin <ken.martin@kitware.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:40:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: small enchancement for bug 3776.

---
 Source/cmake.cxx | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 6f6c4cd79..670fed768 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ void CMakeCommandUsage(const char* program)
     << "  echo_append [string]... - displays arguments as text but no new"
     " line\n"
     << "  environment             - display the current enviroment\n"
-    << "  remove file1 file2 ...  - remove the file(s)\n"
+    << "  make_directory dir      - create a directory\n"
+    << "  remeove file1 file2 ... - remove the file(s)\n"
     << "  tar [cxt][vfz] file.tar file/dir1 file/dir2 ... - create a tar.\n"
     << "  time command [args] ... - run command and return elapsed time\n"
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
@@ -912,6 +913,17 @@ int cmake::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
       return 0;
       }
 #endif
+    
+    if (args[1] == "make_directory" && args.size() == 3)
+      {
+      if(!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(args[2].c_str()))
+        {
+        std::cerr << "Error making directory \"" << args[2].c_str()
+                  << "\".\n";
+        return 1;
+        }
+      return 0;
+      }
 
     // Remove file
     else if (args[1] == "remove" && args.size() > 2)