- Specifying non-existent directories with -savedir or the save_dir cvar now

attempts to create them.


SVN r1607 (trunk)

docs/rh-log.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 May 25, 2009
+- Specifiying non-existant directories with -savedir or the save_dir cvar now
+  attempts to create them.
 - I_CheckNativeMouse() now checks the foreground window to determine if the
   mouse should be grabbed. This fixes the case where you start the game in
   the background and it grabs the mouse anyway.

src/cmdlib.cpp

@@ -369,15 +369,18 @@ void DoCreatePath(const char * fn)
 
 void CreatePath(const char *fn)
 {
-	char name[PATH_MAX];
 	char c = fn[strlen(fn)-1];
 
 	if (c != '\\' && c != '/') 
 	{
-		mysnprintf(name, countof(name), "%s/", fn);
+		FString name(fn);
+		name += '/';
 		DoCreatePath(name);
 	}
-	else DoCreatePath(fn);
+	else
+	{
+		DoCreatePath(fn);
+	}
 }
 #else
 void CreatePath(const char *fn)

src/g_game.cpp

@@ -1777,24 +1777,27 @@ FString G_BuildSaveName (const char *prefix, int slot)
 		{
 			leader = save_dir;
 		}
+#ifdef unix
+		if (leader.IsEmpty())
+		{
+			leader = "~" GAME_DIR;
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 	size_t len = leader.Len();
 	if (leader[0] != '\0' && leader[len-1] != '\\' && leader[len-1] != '/')
 	{
 		slash = "/";
 	}
-	name.Format("%s%s%s", leader.GetChars(), slash, prefix);
+	name << leader << slash;
+	name = NicePath(name);
+	CreatePath(name);
+	name << prefix;
 	if (slot >= 0)
 	{
 		name.AppendFormat("%d.zds", slot);
 	}
-#ifdef unix
-	if (leader[0] == 0)
-	{
-		return GetUserFile (name);
-	}
-#endif
-	return NicePath(name);
+	return name;
 }
 
 CVAR (Int, autosavenum, 0, CVAR_NOSET|CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
@@ -1911,7 +1914,7 @@ void G_DoSaveGame (bool okForQuicksave, FString filename, const char *descriptio
 	insave = true;
 	G_SnapshotLevel ();
 
-	FILE *stdfile = fopen (filename.GetChars(), "wb");
+	FILE *stdfile = fopen (filename, "wb");
 
 	if (stdfile == NULL)
 	{