cmake: Teach -E make_directory to support multiple input directories

Help/manual/cmake.1.rst

@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ Available commands are:
   Change the current working directory and run a command.
 
 ``compare_files <file1> <file2>``
-  Check if file1 is same as file2.
+  Check if ``<file1>`` is same as ``<file2>``. If files are the same,
+  then returns 0, if not itreturns 1.
 
 ``copy <file>... <destination>``
   Copy files to ``<destination>`` (either file or directory).
@@ -194,10 +195,11 @@ Available commands are:
   Run command in a modified environment.
 
 ``environment``
-  Display the current environment.
+  Display the current environment variables.
 
-``make_directory <dir>``
+``make_directory <dir>...``
-  Create a directory.
+  Create ``<dir>`` directories.  If necessary, create parent
+  directories too.
 
 ``md5sum <file>...``
   Compute md5sum of files.

Help/release/dev/cmake-E-multiple-inputs.rst

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ cmake-E-multiple-inputs
 
 * The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E copy_directory`` command-line
   tool learned to support copying multiple input directories to a directory.
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E make_directory`` command-line
+  tool learned to support copying multiple input directories to a directory.

Source/cmcmd.cxx

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void CMakeCommandUsage(const char* program)
     << "  env [--unset=NAME]... [NAME=VALUE]... COMMAND [ARG]...\n"
     << "                            - run command in a modified environment\n"
     << "  environment               - display the current environment\n"
-    << "  make_directory dir        - create a directory\n"
+    << "  make_directory <dir>...   - create parent and <dir> directories\n"
     << "  md5sum <file>...          - compute md5sum of files\n"
     << "  remove [-f] <file>...     - remove the file(s), use -f to force "
        "it\n"
@@ -447,15 +447,20 @@ int cmcmd::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
       }
 #endif
 
-    else if (args[1] == "make_directory" && args.size() == 3)
+    else if (args[1] == "make_directory" && args.size() > 2)
       {
-      if(!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(args[2].c_str()))
+      // If error occurs we want to continue copying next files.
+      bool return_value = 0;
+      for (std::string::size_type cc = 2; cc < args.size(); cc ++)
         {
-        std::cerr << "Error making directory \"" << args[2]
+        if(!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(args[cc].c_str()))
-                  << "\".\n";
+          {
-        return 1;
+          std::cerr << "Error creating directory \""
+                    << args[cc] << "\".\n";
+          return_value = 1;
+          }
         }
-      return 0;
+      return return_value;
       }
 
     else if (args[1] == "remove_directory" && args.size() == 3)

Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_make_directory-directory-with-parent-result.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0

Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_make_directory-three-directories-and-file-result.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1

Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_make_directory-three-directories-and-file-stderr.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^Error creating directory .*file_for_test.txt\".$

Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_make_directory-three-directories-result.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0

Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake

@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ unset(in)
 unset(out)
 unset(outfile)
 
+set(out ${RunCMake_BINARY_DIR}/make_directory_output)
+set(outfile ${out}/file_for_test.txt)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${out}")
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${out})
+file(WRITE ${outfile} "")
+run_cmake_command(E_make_directory-three-directories
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${out}/d1 ${out}/d2 ${out}/d2)
+run_cmake_command(E_make_directory-directory-with-parent
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${out}/parent/child)
+run_cmake_command(E_make_directory-three-directories-and-file
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${out}/d1 ${out}/d2 ${outfile})
+unset(out)
+unset(outfile)
+
 
 run_cmake_command(E_env-no-command0 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env)
 run_cmake_command(E_env-no-command1 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env TEST_ENV=1)