package fileutils import ( "os" "path/filepath" ) // MkdirAllNewAs creates a directory (include any along the path) and then modifies // ownership ONLY of newly created directories to the requested uid/gid. If the // directories along the path exist, no change of ownership will be performed func MkdirAllNewAs(path string, mode os.FileMode, ownerUID, ownerGID int) error { // make an array containing the original path asked for, plus (for mkAll == true) // all path components leading up to the complete path that don't exist before we MkdirAll // so that we can chown all of them properly at the end. If chownExisting is false, we won't // chown the full directory path if it exists var paths []string if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) { paths = []string{path} } else if err == nil { // nothing to do; directory path fully exists already return nil } // walk back to "/" looking for directories which do not exist // and add them to the paths array for chown after creation dirPath := path for { dirPath = filepath.Dir(dirPath) if dirPath == "/" { break } if _, err := os.Stat(dirPath); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) { paths = append(paths, dirPath) } } if err := os.MkdirAll(path, mode); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) { return err } // even if it existed, we will chown the requested path + any subpaths that // didn't exist when we called MkdirAll for _, pathComponent := range paths { if err := os.Chown(pathComponent, ownerUID, ownerGID); err != nil { return err } } return nil }