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+#
+# Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@opscode.com>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+class Chef
+  module Mixin
+    module CreatePath
+      
+      # Creates a given path, including all directories that lead up to it.
+      # Like mkdir_p, but without the leaking.
+      #
+      # === Parameters
+      # file_path<String, Array>:: A string that represents the path to create, 
+      #   or an Array with the path-parts.
+      #
+      # === Returns
+      # The created file_path.
+      def create_path(file_path)
+        unless file_path.kind_of?(String) || file_path.kind_of?(Array)
+          raise ArgumentError, "file_path must be a string or an array!" 
+        end
+        
+        if file_path.kind_of?(String)
+          file_path = File.expand_path(file_path).split(File::SEPARATOR)
+          file_path.shift if file_path[0] == ''
+          # Check if path starts with a separator or drive letter (Windows)
+          unless file_path[0].match("^#{File::SEPARATOR}|^[a-zA-Z]:")
+            file_path[0] = "#{File::SEPARATOR}#{file_path[0]}"
+          end
+        end
+                
+        file_path.each_index do |i|
+          create_path = File.join(file_path[0, i + 1])
+          unless File.directory?(create_path)
+            Chef::Log.debug("Creating directory #{create_path}")
+            Dir.mkdir(create_path)
+          end 
+        end
+        File.expand_path(File.join(file_path))
+      end
+  
+    end
+  end
+end