libbb/bb_make_directory() remove trailing slashes before passing to mkdir() because Windows does not like it

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index d540ad133..b8da09901 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int bb_make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
 {
         mode_t mask;
         const char *fail_msg;
-        char *s = path;
+        char *s = path,*s2;
         char c;
         struct stat st;
 
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ int bb_make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
                         /* Bypass leading non-'/'s and then subsequent '/'s. */
                         while (*s) {
                                 if (*s == '/') {
+                                        s2 = s;
+                                        c = *s2;        /* Save the current char */
+                                        *s2 = 0;        /* and replace it with nul. */
                                         do {
                                                 ++s;
                                         } while (*s == '/');
-                                        c = *s;         /* Save the current char */
-                                        *s = 0;         /* and replace it with nul. */
                                         break;
                                 }
                                 ++s;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ int bb_make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
                 }
 
                 /* Remove any inserted nul from the path (recursive mode). */
-                *s = c;
+                *s2 = c;
 
         } while (1);