mkdirp.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
var fs   = require('fs');

var mkdirp = function(path) {
	// TODO: handle non-UNIX paths
	// TODO: optional trailing /
	// TODO: as an array
	var dirs = [];
	if(arguments.length > 1) {
		dirs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
		if(dirs[0].charAt(0) == '/') {
			dirs[0] = dirs[0].replace('\/','');
		}
		if(dirs[0] == '') {
			dirs.shift();
		}
	} else {
		if(! path.match(/(\/\w+)\1*/)) {
			console.log('invalid path');
			return -1;
		}
		dirs = path.slice(1).split('/');
	}
	console.log(dirs);
	for(var i = 0; i < dirs.length; i++) {
		var cwd = dirs[i],
			slice = dirs.slice(0, i),
			pathto = '/' + (slice.length > 0 ? slice.join('/') + '/' : slice);
		console.log('  ' + pathto + cwd);
		try {
			fs.mkdirSync(pathto + cwd,  function(err, fd) {
				if(err) {
					console.log('making', err.path);
				}
			});
			} catch(e) {
				//console.log(e);
			}
	}
}

mkdirp('tmp','path','to','dir');
mkdirp('/tmp/path/to/dir');
mkdirp("/tmp","directories","can","be","made","recursively");
mkdirp("/","usr","share","man","man1");