[Bug 103] New: -Dd does not generate subdirectories

[Derek Parnell]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:48:48 +1000, Bruno Medeiros  
<brunodomedeirosATgmail at SPAM.com> wrote:

> d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
>> http://d.puremagic.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103
>>             Summary: -Dd does not generate subdirectories
>>            Product: D
>>            Version: 0.150
>>           Platform: PC
>>         OS/Version: Windows
>>             Status: NEW
>>           Severity: normal
>>           Priority: P2
>>          Component: DMD
>>         AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
>>         ReportedBy: benoit at tionex.de
>>   => Error: Error writing file '....../..html'
>> I think this is a bug, because without creating subdirectories this  
>> option is
>> useless.
>>
>
> The same can be said of other options, such as -od . I don't think this  
> is a bug, it's more of a (mis)feature. Yes, I think it should create the  
> dirs, but it can be fully worked around with some shell scripting.
>

I'll put that into Build ... if it sees -D<path> it will ensure the path  
exists before calling the compiler.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia