1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/localcowbuilder-create b/localcowbuilder-create
index 896447f..7222ae4 100755
--- a/localcowbuilder-create
+++ b/localcowbuilder-create
@@ -26,6 +26,31 @@ basepath="/var/cache/pbuilder/cow-$pool"
 aptcache="/var/cache/pbuilder/aptcache-$pool/"
 buildresult="$HOME/src/pbuild-$pool/"
 
+makepaths=''
+for path in "$basepath" "$aptcache" "$buildresult"; do
+	if [ ! -d "$path" ]; then
+		echo "W: path \"$path\" does not exist"
+		makepaths='yes'
+	fi
+done
+if [ "$makepaths" = 'yes' ]; then
+	if [ "$force" != 'yes' ]; then
+		echo -n 'Create the missing paths (y/N)? '
+		read response
+		case "$response" in
+		    y|Y)
+			:
+			;;
+		    *)
+			exit1 "Cannot continue without those missing paths"
+			;;
+		esac
+	fi
+fi
+
+mkdir "$buildresult"
+sudo mkdir "$basepath" "$aptcache"
+
 sudo cowbuilder --create \
 	--buildresult "$buildresult" \
 	--distribution "$distro" \